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.

How could you get angry with Jackie Gleason?

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'm really honestly terrified about how much I should tell and how much I should still keep secret.

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

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

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