Maureen O'Hara

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

“God has a most wicked sense of humor.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“In the beginning it was all black and white.”

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

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

“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?”

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

“I have never lost my faith in God.”

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