Maureen O'Hara Quotes

I do all my own stunts!

Just because the rest of the people in Hollywood don't do their stunts doesn't mean I don't.

I like to do my own stunts, but sometimes you need a little bit of help.

All my life the only thing I've been good at has been climbing and throwing myself off big things.

I don't see the risk, I enjoy performing stunts, and I don't get scared.

I love pushing my boundaries and seeing how far I can go without, you know, dying or injuring myself too badly. On set I was like, 'Give me some stunts! Give me whatever you want. Throw it at me. I want to do it all.'

I like being able to do all of my own stunts. I appreciate stunt guys and what they do and, of course, the time and the effort that they put in, but for me, I'm young. You only live once, so to be able to do all your own stunts, train, become a real fighter... I feel like I can hold my own.

I didn't want to be a storyteller when I grew up; I wanted to be stuntman.

All stunt men and women are as competitive as I am. They're just not as talented.

In my personal life, I have always been bold, from the clothes I wear to how I talk. For me, boldness does not necessarily mean stripping. I think people have wrong notion about boldness. For me, bold is being different.

Liverpool has always made me brave, choice-wise. It was never a city that criticised anyone for taking a chance.

To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. Not to dare is to lose oneself.

It takes a lot of guts to get up on top of a bar and dance.

I admire bull riders for their passion and the uniqueness each one of them has.

Danger is cool.

They will take a role that scares them over a role that doesn't. That's another thing I like about actors.

When I jumped off a roof in Cannes in a bee costume, I looked ridiculous. But this is my business; I have to humiliate myself.

I'm brave to say that I won't take this sort of risk.

Many people use the words 'death defying' or 'death wishing' when they talk about wire-walking. Many people have asked me: 'So do you have a death wish?' After doing a beautiful walk, I feel like punching them in the nose. It's indecent. I have a life wish.

A lot of the physical flirtation with fear I did early on in my career, when I was a much younger person - stuff I wouldn't do now. But I was very interested in the mechanics of risk and fear in those days. And I found out fear pretty much always feels the same, whether it's doing a rock climb or speaking in front of an audience.

I'd be nervous about skiing, wondering what I'd do if I felt shaky on top of a mountain; but other diabetics do ski, so there's no reason I couldn't.

For me, one of the things that I get excited about is getting in situations I shouldn't be in.

I like to scare myself and throw myself off the deep end.

There's nothing I won't attempt.

I do all my own stunts and come away with bruises and scratches.