Ava Gardner Quotes in The Aviator (2004)

Ava Gardner: You listened to my phone calls?

Howard Hughes: No! No! No! Honey I would never do that! I'd never do that! I... I just read the transcripts, that's all.

Howard Hughes: Does that look clean to you?

Ava Gardner: Nothing's clean, Howard. But we do our best, right?

Howard Hughes: No, wait! Honey, you can't move! You can't move, you're safe here! You're in the germ-free zone now, y'understand?

Ava Gardner: I'll take my chances.

Howard Hughes: No, no! Honey, wait... wait, uh...

[Ava removes the string barriers from the doorway and walks into the study. She turns on the light, revealing that entire room is covered with used tissues and string barriers everywhere. Silence for a moment]

Ava Gardner: Love what you've done with the place...

Howard Hughes: Will you marry me?

Ava Gardner: You're too crazy for me.

Ava Gardner: You don't own me, Howard. I'm not one of your teenage whores and I'm not some damn airplane!

Ava Gardner: Get that crazy bitch away from me!

Ava Gardner: ...You can't buy me, Howard, so stop trying. Don't buy me any more diamonds or sapphires or any other damn thing. You can buy me dinner...

Ava Gardner: Oh, a box of trash! You shouldn't have.

Ava Gardner: [infuriated to learn that Hughes was tapping her phone lines to keep an eye on her] What do you wanna know, Howard? Was I screwing Artie Shaw last night? Was I screwing Sinatra the night before? You bet! Everyone told me you were a goddamn lunatic, but I didn't listen! It's no wonder Katie Hepburn dumped your demented ass!

Howard Hughes: [exploding] SHUT YOUR GODDAMN MOUTH!

[Howard knocks Ava to the ground, but she rebounds quickly and knocks him down]

Ava Gardner: Get out, you pathetic freak!

[he struggles to get back up, holding his cane; she follows him as he slowly heads for the door]

Ava Gardner: GET OUT!

Ava Gardner: Honestly, isn't all this stuff an awful bore.