After my screen test, the director clapped his hands gleefully and yelled: โShe can't talk! She can't act! She's sensational!โ
Ava GardnerSo this was where lust was satisfied. If I'd been an old-time miner I'd have asked for my gold nugget back.
Ava GardnerDon'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.
Ava Gardner