John Candy knew he was going to die. He told me on his 40th birthday. He said, well, Maureen, I'm on borrowed time.

Comedy is quite difficult, you have to be able to have fun and portray that sense of fun to the audience watching you.

I was born into the most remarkable and eccentric family I could possibly have hoped for.

Speaking as an actress, I wish all actors would be more like Duke Wayne. And speaking as a person, it would be nice if all people could be honest and as genuine as he is. This is a real man.

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

I really wanted to be an opera soprano.

I am like many of the women I have played onscreen.