I was taught to be anti-Jewish.
Mercedes McCambridge

I'd never been in play long enough for the flowers to die in the dressing room.
Mercedes McCambridge

I'd stand in line for Confession with old people and little kids, and as the line moved up, I knew when I got into the box that I would lie! Again!
Mercedes McCambridge

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

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

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

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.
Mercedes McCambridge

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

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

Most people call me Mercy. I like it.
Mercedes McCambridge

My admiration for the phenomenon of Alcoholics Anonymous is boundless.
Mercedes McCambridge

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

My only true harmony lies deep within my soul, wherever that is. I know that somehow I am in tune with the universe.
Mercedes McCambridge

My second marriage had a lot to do with alcohol.
Mercedes McCambridge

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

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

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

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

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

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