Mercedes McCambridge Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

My second marriage had a lot to do with alcohol.

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

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

My admiration for the phenomenon of Alcoholics Anonymous is boundless.

Most people call me Mercy. I like it.

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

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

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.

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

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

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