110 Quotes by Ava Gardner

Hollywood is loneliness beside the swimming pool.

Hell, I suppose if you stick around long enough they have to say something nice about you.

Don't think for a minute that bad publicity and endless criticism don't leave their claw marks on everyone concerned. Your friends try to cheer you up by saying lightly, "I suppose you get used to it, and ignore it." You try. You try damned hard. But you never get used to it. It always wounds and hurts.

So this was where lust was satisfied. If I'd been an old-time miner I'd have asked for my gold nugget back.

When he fell down the stairs, he told people he'd had a stroke. He was just pissed out of his skull. I love Dirk, he is such a drama queen.

In one scene, when I was supposed to say, "In a pig's eye you are," what came out was, "In a pig's ass you are." Old habits die awfully hard.

Go fuck yourself," I replied, always the lady. "I'm staying here.

Great idea," I said. "Call the police. Call the fucking police.

And I won 'em back fair and square. So what are you going to do about it? Want to fight? Who wants the first bloody nose?