The Parent Trap wouldn't have been as special without the remarkable performances by Hayley Mills.

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

When I was young, I was told that I had a sulky, pouty face.

I spent a great deal of time with Che Guevara while I was in Havana. I believe he was far less a mercenary than he was a freedom fighter.

Lost in a crowd of greats, not a single Oscar. That's showbiz.

I don't remember having a crush on a boy when I was a girl. I don't even remember my first kiss.

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

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

I dainty little lass I wasn't. I looked twice my age until I turned 10 or 11.

I knew that Jamaica Inn was going to make me a star.

Henry Fonda gave me a spanking during a scene in Spencer's Mountain.

The women glare at each other. Grin. You have friends when you're fifteen years old. Sometimes you get them back.

The Spirit goes ahead of us when we witness— preparing the way, giving us the words, and granting us courage.

If worship bores you, you are not ready for heaven.

A really failing society has a lot of rules (or laws).

The formation of different languages and of distinct species and the proofs that both have been developed through a gradual process, are curiously parallel.

Radio, which was a much better medium than television will ever be, was easy and pleasant to listen to. Your mind filled automatically with images.

I completely appreciate the importance of fathers but millions of children are without loving homes. I think a child is lucky with one parent who truly loves her.

I never really look back. I just approach life (taking) it one day at a time. I'm just really grateful.

If we knew we were to die at twelve o'clock tomorrow night, would we have to step up our evangelistic program, or could we in all good conscience carry on just as we are?