Ava Gardner

I go on tremendous health kicks - exercise, yogurt, no booze. Of course, I smoke too much. ”

Because I was promoted as a sort of a siren and played all those sexy broads, people made the mistake of thinking I was like that off the screen. They couldn't have been more wrong. ”

I have only one rule in acting - trust the director and give him heart and soul. ”

I hate journalists. I don't trust them. ”

Mama, you know, poor baby, she'd had her family all finished: four daughters and a couple of sons, and suddenly, I arrived in her midlife on Christmas Eve 1922. ”

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. ”

I think the most vulgar thing about Hollywood is the way it believes its own gossip. ”

It's a pity nobody believes in simple lust anymore. ”

When you get to be my age, baby, you have to pay time more respect. ”