Ava Gardner

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.