Maureen O'Hara

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

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

I really wanted to be an opera soprano.

I saw myself as Joan of Arc.

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

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

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

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

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

I have never lost my faith in God.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

In the beginning it was all black and white.

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