78 Quotes by Maureen O'Hara

There is nothing worse than having your personal problems become somebody else's entertainment.

Being an Irishwoman means many things to me. An Irishwoman is strong and feisty. She has guts and stands up for what she believes in. She believes she is the best at whatever she does and proceeds through life with that knowledge. She can face any hazard that life throws her way and stay with it until she wins. She is loyal to her kinsmen and accepting of others. She's not above a sock in the jaw if you have it coming.

There is nothing worse than having your personal problems become somebody else’s entertainment.

Above all else, deep in my soul, I’m a tough Irishwoman.

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

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

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