Maureen O'Hara

I saw myself as Joan of Arc.

I really wanted to be an opera soprano.

I have never lost my faith in God.

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

How could you get angry with Jackie Gleason?

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

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

I grew up in the theater and danced ballet atrociously.

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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