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

In the beginning it was all black and white.

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

I grew up in the theater and danced ballet atrociously.

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

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.

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