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

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

How could you have had such a wonderful life as me if there wasn't a God directing?

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

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

I watch and listen to movies today and am shocked by the way actors deliver their lines. Everybody mumbles now and I don't understand why.

I have never lost my faith in God.

God has a most wicked sense of humor.