Mercedes McCambridge Quotes

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

Funny, Long, Enough

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

Lie, Old, Again

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

Woman, Once, Sea

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

Home, Beautiful, Two

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

Before, Movie, Queen

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

Woman, Sick, Disgusting

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

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

Real, Why, Name

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

Marriage, Alcohol, Second

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

Another, Cowboys, Dallas

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

Career, Acting, Against

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

Work, Try, Actor

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

Help, Die, Wanted

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

Time, Great, Met

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

Disease, Alcoholism, Zillions

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

Work, Nothing, Play

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

Two, Soul, Died

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

Young, Off, Suddenly

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Biography

Nationality: American

Born: March 16, 1916

Died: March 2, 2004

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