Quotes By Maureen O..Hara

Audiences in London called me the girl with the black cherry eyes.

My whole life was foretold to me. An old Romany gypsy read my fortune.

The studio thought I was crazy to perform all of my own fencing stunts, but I loved it.

Henry Fonda gave me a spanking during a scene in Spencer's Mountain.

God has a most wicked sense of humor.

When How Green Was My Valley finally wrapped, I thought John Ford was a walking god.

How could you get angry with Jackie Gleason?

I spent a great deal of time with Che Guevara while I was in Havana. I believe he was far less a mercenary than he was a freedom fighter.

The Parent Trap wouldn't have been as special without the remarkable performances by Hayley Mills.

The Queen Mary was the most civilized and luxurious way one could travel to America in the late 1930s.

I'm terrified about the day that I enter the gates of heaven and God says to me, just a minute.

I saw myself as Joan of Arc.

I have never lost my faith in God.

I didn't let anyone push me into things I didn't want to do where my career was concerned. So why did I crumble when it came to men?

Some time ago, I told Larry King that I planned to live to be 102. I still do.

I knew that Jamaica Inn was going to make me a star.

Making movies is just like betting on horses at the racetrack.

When I was young, I was told that I had a sulky, pouty face.

I am like many of the women I have played onscreen.

Comedy is difficult, especially slapstick. The trick is to have fun while you are performing it.

When you try to battle with John Ford, you have to give in.

There's a terrible truth for many women in the picture business: Aging typically takes its toll and means fewer and less desirable roles.

I'm really honestly terrified about how much I should tell and how much I should still keep secret.

Charles Laughton signed me to my first movie contract at 17. He later asked my parents if he could adopt me.

The Parent Trap gave my career another boost, starring in family comedies.

How could you have had such a wonderful life as me if there wasn't a God directing?

I had always been a tomboy - I still am, at heart.

Every star has that certain something that stands out and compels us to notice them.

I watch and listen to movies today and am shocked by the way actors deliver their lines. Everybody mumbles now and I don't understand why.

I don't remember having a crush on a boy when I was a girl. I don't even remember my first kiss.