Maureen OHara Quotes - Page 2

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.

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

A sense of belonging is a sine qua non of healthy psychological functioning everywhere. Such a sense, beginning in infancy and continuing throughout life, comes about by experiencing mutual empathy; by sensing oneself as part of a whole, which recognizes and accepts that one is a member.

Working with Ty Power was exciting. In those days, he was the biggest romantic swashbuckler in the world. Murderously handsome! But what I loved most about Ty Power was his wicked sense of humor.

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

John Wayne is not just an actor, and a very fine actor - John Wayne is the United States of America.

Every star has that certain something that stands out and compels us to notice them.

In February 1953, I was making a second picture with Jeff Chandler, one called War Arrow. Jeff was a real sweetheart, but acting with him was like acting with a broomstick.

I really wanted to be an opera soprano.

I dainty little lass I wasn't. I looked twice my age until I turned 10 or 11.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I saw myself as Joan of Arc.

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

After I got to Hollywood, I resented that I didn't get a crack at more dramatic roles because I photographed so beautifully.

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

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

How could you get angry with Jackie Gleason?