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Henry Fonda gave me a spanking during a scene in Spencer's Mountain.
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John Candy knew he was going to die. He told me on his 40th birthday. He said, well, Maureen, I'm on borrowed time.
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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.
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Comedy is difficult, especially slapstick. The trick is to have fun while you are performing it.
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My heritage has been my grounding, and it has brought me peace.
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I'm terrified about the day that I enter the gates of heaven and God says to me, just a minute.
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When I was young, I was told that I had a sulky, pouty face.
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When How Green Was My Valley finally wrapped, I thought John Ford was a walking god.
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I had always been a tomboy - I still am, at heart.
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Lost in a crowd of greats, not a single Oscar. That's showbiz.
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Every star has that certain something that stands out and compels us to notice them.
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I have never lost my faith in God.
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I was born into the most remarkable and eccentric family I could possibly have hoped for.
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When you try to battle with John Ford, you have to give in.
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As the 1960s began, a new breed of Hollywood leading lady was emerging. She was elegant, international, and wonderfully comedic.
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I'm really honestly terrified about how much I should tell and how much I should still keep secret.
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The Parent Trap wouldn't have been as special without the remarkable performances by Hayley Mills.
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John Wayne was one of the greatest ambassadors for the United States that ever lived.
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Making movies is just like betting on horses at the racetrack.
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Charles Laughton signed me to my first movie contract at 17. He later asked my parents if he could adopt me.