Quotes By Maureen O..Hara

I saw myself as Joan of Arc.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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 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.

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

I was born into the most remarkable and eccentric family I could possibly have hoped for.

As the 1960s began, a new breed of Hollywood leading lady was emerging. She was elegant, international, and wonderfully comedic.

I really wanted to be an opera soprano.

John Wayne was one of the greatest ambassadors for the United States that ever lived.

I grew up in the theater and danced ballet atrociously.

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

My heritage has been my grounding, and it has brought me peace.

John Candy knew he was going to die. He told me on his 40th birthday. He said, well, Maureen, I'm on borrowed time.

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

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.