Ava Gardner Quotes

After my screen test the director clapped his hands gleefully and yelled "She can't talk! She can't act! She's sensational!"

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?

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

Then, aided by the booze, like a fool I tossed off one of those throwaway lines that would have been better thrown away. "Ah, Frank! I thought you were going to be down here fucking Lana.

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

He always called me Daughter. It was to distinguish me from his sister Ava. I loved being called Daughter. It sounded so possessive, and to be possessed when you are a child is just a wonderful feeling. It makes you feel safe. It makes you feel loved.

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.

God knows I've got so many frailties myself, I ought to be able to understand and forgive them in others. But I don't.