Quotes from Maureen O'Hara


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


I saw myself as Joan of Arc.


I have never lost my faith in God.


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


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.


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.


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


I grew up in the theater and danced ballet atrociously.


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


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.


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 really wanted to be an opera soprano.


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


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


God has a most wicked sense of humor.