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

My heritage has been my grounding, and it has brought me peace.

Comedy is difficult, especially slapstick. The trick is to have fun while you are performing it.

God has a most wicked sense of humor.

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

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.

Audiences in London called me the girl with the black cherry eyes.