Maureen O'Hara Quotes

I was a slightly geeky kid.

I was a short, chubby kid, pretty shy.

I think at times I appear to be miserable when I am not... I might be having quite a good thought at that moment, but it seems I look miserable. I am not.

When I was 14, I thought I looked terrible. I wore these typical Slavic shoes with metal bottoms so you could always hear me coming and this really ugly princess skirt and blouse with the top button closed. I had a boy haircut, a baby face covered with pimples, and a really big nose.

Well, I was fourteen in Texas. But I looked twenty-five.

I was a good-looking kid. I never felt, like, dorky. I was just like, 'Yup, these are my braces. I've had them forever.'

When I was a little boy I did not, of course, trouble much about my appearance.

The face is the soul of the body.

When I was young, I was shy.

I was a cute kid.

I was really a shy kid.

My name doesn't exactly shout 'babyface.'

I think an eyebrow can change the way you feel. It changes everything about your confidence.

I am a redhead and was a tomboy for many years.

I used to go to school in heels every day. I thought I was a little grown woman.

I spent a lot of my life afraid as a kid, even throughout high school.

When I was younger, I wanted to look cute.

I was in my peak physical condition when I was about like, uh... one. Oh God, I looked good, young and fresh! You wouldn't know me now if you'd seen me when I was one, you know? I even looked good for my age. People would come up to me and go, what are you, zero? And I'd go, no, I'm one over here!

There is no one so bound to his own face that he does not cherish the hope of presenting another to the world.

I was under pressure because of what people were saying about my physique.

I could show you a picture right now where I look like something from The Hills Have Eyes. Talk about an awkward stage. Puberty was not good at all.

You have to be really comfortable with yourself because people are going to tell you that you're eyes are too brown or you're this or you're that. And if you're not comfortable with yourself, you could get pretty freaked out.

He looked less handsome without the smile and glow in his eyes, but he also seemed more real. Being real will get me into trouble faster than any amount of charm.

Throughout our lives, we see in the mirror the same innocent trusting face we have seen there since childhood.

I'm like a cartoon! I'll look this way when I'm eighty. I can see it now, people will be rolling me around in a wheelchair and I'll still have my big hair, nails, my high heels and my boobs stuck out!