Mercedes McCambridge Quotes - Page 2

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

I have reached a state in life where I can buy a whole house full of chairs and can bump into them until they are black and blue

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

Nobody understands that by the time the addiction has set in the alcoholic is mandated to drink ... he cannot not drink! Nobody wakes up in the morning and says, 'Jiminy Cricket, I feel sensational! My life is really in great shape! I think I'll become an alcoholic!' I firmly believe that when a shaking-to-pieces alcoholic says he needs a drink or he will die, he means it.

Everything edible is fried in Texas! Or it is buried in the ground to cook before it is eaten. ... Texas food should be forbidden! 'The steaks at night are big and bright, deep in the heart of Texas!' And they are always afloat in grease. Next morning you are served a smaller steak, which serves as a platform for two fried eggs ... all of this afloat in the same grease! 'Chicken, you say? You bet! Comin' up!' Same grease! They are right. Comin' up! For hours afterwards. I couldn't believe the crust of an apple pie! Same grease!

Most people call me Mercy. I like it

I loved playing the part of the feisty Annie Sullivan in The Miracle Worker

I'd stand in line for Confession with old people and little kids, and as the line moved up and it was getting closer to my turn, I knew that when I got into the box I would lie! Again!

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

My second marriage had a lot to do with alcohol.

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

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.

I have no use for people who hunt for what they call sport

I have always had a lot more trouble with my truths than with my deceits

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 don't think I should have been married... to anybody.

I lose all control after two drinks of anything

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

I can only know what love is insofar as I can feel it.

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

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

At awards time, The Exorcist was nominated in 11 categories, everybody but the janitor was up for an Oscar. There was no category for what I did.

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

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