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

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

Making movies is just like betting on horses at the racetrack.

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

Charles Laughton signed me to my first movie contract at 17. He later asked my parents if he could adopt me.

How could you get angry with Jackie Gleason?

I really wanted to be an opera soprano.