Quotes by Ava Gardner

I wish to live to 150 years old, but the day I die, I wish it to be with a cigarette in one hand and a glass of whiskey in the other.

I was born with good health and a strong body and spent years abusing them.

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

The marriages to Mickey and Artie were easy come, easy go. I called them my 'starter husbands!'

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.