Love is nothing but a pain in the ass Ava Gardner More Quotes by Ava Gardner More Quotes From Ava Gardner 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. Ava Gardner frailty forgiving able I suffered, I really suffered, with all three of my husbands. And I tried damn hard with all three, starting each marriage certain that it was going to last until the end of my life. Yet none of them lasted more than a year or two. Ava Gardner husband two years For the loot, honey, for the loot. Ava Gardner honey retirement I was lazy. I would have been a hell of a lot better actress had I taken it more seriously. I never had the proper respect for acting. Quite often, I learned my lines on the way to the studio. Ava Gardner lazy acting taken I hate cheating. I won’t put up with it. I don’t do it myself. Ava Gardner i-hate hate cheating I thought I was making fifty dollars a week [at MGM], but it turned out to be $35 because twelve weeks of the year you were on layoff. It was white slavery, and it lasted for seventeen years. Ava Gardner twelve white years I couldn't imagine a better place [Australia] for making a film on the end of the world. Ava Gardner australia film world And the news got worse. It appeared that there was this whole other person Jesus Christ whose birthday a lot of people tended to confuse with mine. I was personally outraged. It was a long time before I forgave the Lord for that. Ava Gardner long people jesus I was born with good health and a strong body and spent years abusing them. Ava Gardner good good-health health strong The marriages to Mickey and Artie were easy come, easy go. I called them my 'starter husbands!' Ava Gardner marriages come go easy It's fine being stared at as a pretty girl, but not as a freak. When I tried to make myself ugly, they said, 'Oh, she's lost her looks.' Ava Gardner myself ugly girl looks I go on tremendous health kicks - exercise, yogurt, no booze. Of course, I smoke too much. Ava Gardner go smoke health exercise When you get to be my age, baby, you have to pay time more respect. Ava Gardner you respect age time What's the point? My face, shall we say, looks lived in. Ava Gardner point face say looks There was no way the marriages could have survived. Nor do I regret that they didn't. Ava Gardner marriages could regret way I do owe Mickey one thing: he taught me how much I enjoyed sex. Ava Gardner how me taught sex It's a shame that it didn't work out with Mick. I was hopelessly in love with him. Ava Gardner him shame work love Nobody could pile on the applesauce like Mickey. He was the best liar in the world - well, Frank Sinatra can tell a good story, too, but I don't believe he was ever unfaithful to me. Ava Gardner best good me world I never played a woman who was smarter than me. Ava Gardner woman never who me To be possessed when you are a child is just a wonderful feeling. It makes you feel safe. It makes you feel loved. But later if anyone tried to possess me - oh boy, I was out of there. Ava Gardner feel child me you