Quotes By Maureen O..Hara

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

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.

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.

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

I have never lost my faith in God.

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

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?

I really wanted to be an opera soprano.

I grew up in the theater and danced ballet atrociously.

Lost in a crowd of greats, not a single Oscar. That's showbiz.

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.

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

Above all else, deep in my soul, I'm a tough Irishwoman.

The depth of John Candy's talent did surprise me. He was one of my all-time favorite leading men.

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

After I got to Hollywood, I resented that I didn't get a crack at more dramatic roles because I photographed so beautifully.

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

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

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

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.

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.

How could you get angry with Jackie Gleason?

I dainty little lass I wasn't. I looked twice my age until I turned 10 or 11.

In the beginning it was all black and white.

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

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.