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Film Quotes by Ava Gardner

32 quotes
Mogambo
Year: 1953

Director:
John Ford
Mogambo
Eloise Y. 'Honey Bear' Kelly: This is no Sir Galahad who loves from afar. This is a two-legged boa constrictor.
-- Ava Gardner (as Eloise Y. Kelly) in Mogambo (1953)
Mogambo
Year: 1953

Director:
John Ford
Mogambo
Eloise Y. 'Honey Bear' Kelly: You and nobody else is gonna wring me out and hang me up to dry again.
-- Ava Gardner (as Eloise Y. Kelly) in Mogambo (1953)
East Side, West Side
Year: 1949

Director:
Mervyn LeRoy
East Side, West Side
Isabel Lorrison: [Entering her apartment] I'll get you a drink.
Brandon Bourne: I can say what I have to without one>
Isabel Lorrison: But I'm not sure I can listen without one.
-- Ava Gardner (as Isabel Lorrison) in East Side, West Side (1949)
Show Boat
Year: 1951

Director:
George Sidney
Show Boat
Julie: Mister... if you ever get to see Nollie, not get together with her I mean, but- if you ever do get to talk to her, don't ever tell her you saw me; I mean, don't ever tell her you saw me like this.
-- Ava Gardner (as Julie LaVerne) in Show Boat (1951)
Show Boat
Year: 1951

Director:
George Sidney
Show Boat
Julie: Pride is smaller than kindness.
-- Ava Gardner (as Julie LaVerne) in Show Boat (1951)
The Sun Also Rises
Year: 1957

Director:
Henry King
The Sun Also Rises
Lady Brett Ashley: I never make plans.
-- Ava Gardner (as Lady Brett Ashley) in The Sun Also Rises (1957)
The Little Hut
Year: 1957

Director:
Mark Robson
The Little Hut
Lady Susan Ashlow: Any man that tells the world that his wife is incapable of having a lover deserves to suffer.
-- Ava Gardner (as Lady Susan Ashlow) in The Little Hut (1957)
Singapore
Year: 1947

Director:
John Brahm
Singapore
Linda: So let me ruin you fast.
Matt Gordon: How many have you ruined?
Linda: You're my last victim, darling.
-- Ava Gardner (as Linda Grahame / Ann Van Leyden) in Singapore (1947)
Whistle Stop
Year: 1946

Director:
Léonide Moguy
Whistle Stop
Mary: Don't let the coat fool you, Molly. A mink can cover a lot of things.
-- Ava Gardner (as Mary) in Whistle Stop (1946)
The Night of the Iguana
Year: 1964

Director:
John Huston
The Night of the Iguana
Maxine Faulk: What..uh..subject do you teach back in that college of yours hunny?
Judith Fellowes: Voice...if that's got anything to do with it.
Maxine Faulk: Well geography is my specialty. Did you know that if it wasn't for the dikes, the plains of Texas would be engulfed by the gulf?
-- Ava Gardner (as Maxine Faulk) in The Night of the Iguana (1964)