Maureen O'Hara

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

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

I have never lost my faith in God.

I'd date someone younger or older; age doesn't matter to me. Or looks, really - it's all about maturity.

Sisters are brittle things. God was penurious with me, which makes me shrewd with Him. One is a dainty sum! One bird, one cage, one flight; one song in those far woods, as yet suspected by faith only!

Yes, I am an Irish lass through and through.