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.

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

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

I really wanted to be an opera soprano.

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

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

My whole life was foretold to me. An old Romany gypsy read my fortune.