Mercedes McCambridge's Quotes

I'm glad I am a woman who once danced naked in the Mediterranean Sea at midnight.

It is a remarkably beautiful piece of home furnishing, the Oscar. I used to keep it up in front of a mirror so that it looked like two.

Joan Crawford is a movie queen. I had never met one before. I know now what I don't want to be.

Like many alcoholics, I was a staggering woman in a chic apartment, sick and utterly disgusting.

Most people call me Mercy. I like it.

My name is real, which probably explains why I never became a superstar... how would that look in lights?

My second marriage had a lot to do with alcohol.

Neiman-Marcus is one thing, and the Dallas Cowboys are another.

One of the cruelest judgments sustained against me is that I have spoken out as a recovered alcoholic to stimulate my acting career.

Only a certain breed of actor should ever even try to work for Orson Welles. I'm glad I'm one of that breed.

So many people have really wanted to die. They seem ashamed to say so. I think it would help if they would say so.

The great people I've met always have time for the niceties.

There are zillions of people who say that alcoholism is a disease, but not many of them believe it.

When I am rehearsing for a play, I try to read nothing that might distract my concentration from the work in progress.

With two leftover husbands to account for, my wicked soul has just about shriveled and died.

Young Jimmy Dean fell off the world as suddenly as he had come.

I don't think the Hollywood community is interested in what I can do. That's all right. I've never looked for a job in my life, and I'm not going to start now. I have plenty to keep me busy.

I find it next to impossible to remain politely silent when people prate to me about the glory of being given another chance to live happily ever after!

Alcohol is a very patient drug. It will wait for the alcoholic to pick it up one more time.

I can choose to accelerate my disease to an alcoholic death or incurable insanity, or I can choose to live within my thoroughly human condition.

I never wanted a Guardian Angel. I didn't ask for one. One was assigned to me.

I am rich from the bequests other gifted people have seen fit to leave to me.

I've always had bronchitis. I've been administered the Sacrament of Death three times for it.

My admiration for the phenomenon of Alcoholics Anonymous is boundless.

I lose all control after two drinks of anything.

If I have to climb to heaven on a ladder, I shall decline the invitation.