I was told to be smaller, softer, less. I chose to be more. - Ava Gardner

"I was told to be smaller, softer, less. I chose to be more."

Ava Gardner Courage

Actress American 1922–1990

More from Ava Gardner

"I don't think I'm easy to get to know. I've got a very irregular background."

"The only real lickness is love."

"I've been through everything. I'm prepared for anything."

"Mogambo was the most sexually charged picture ever made."

"Never let fear stop you from chasing your dreams."

"Courage is being afraid but doing it anyway."

"Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do."

"Sometimes you have to be the monster to stop the monsters."