Mercedes McCambridge Quotes - Page 2

• Most people call me Mercy. I like it

  Mercedes McCambridge

  People, Mercy, Call Me

  Mercedes McCambridge (1982). “The Quality of Mercy”, Berkley Publishing Group

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

  Mercedes McCambridge

  Hype, Deceit, Trouble

  Mercedes McCambridge (1982). “The Quality of Mercy”, Berkley Publishing Group

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

  Mercedes McCambridge

  Sports, Hunting, People

  Mercedes McCambridge (1982). “The Quality of Mercy”, Berkley Publishing Group

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• 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

  Trying, Actors, Should

  Mercedes McCambridge (1982). “The Quality of Mercy”, Berkley Publishing Group

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

  Mercedes McCambridge

  Real, Light, Names

  Mercedes McCambridge (1982). “The Quality of Mercy”, Berkley Publishing Group

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

  Mercedes McCambridge

  Sick, Chic, Disgusting

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• 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

  Careers, Acting, Judgment

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

  Mercedes McCambridge

  Play, Progress, Trying

  "The Quality of Mercy".

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

  Mercedes McCambridge

  World, Dean, Young

  Mercedes McCambridge (1982). “The Quality of Mercy”, Berkley Publishing Group

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• My second marriage had a lot to do with alcohol.

  Mercedes McCambridge

  Alcohol, Second Marriage

  Mercedes McCambridge (1982). “The Quality of Mercy”, Berkley Publishing Group

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

  Mercedes McCambridge

  Husband, Two, Soul

  Mercedes McCambridge (1982). “The Quality of Mercy”, Berkley Publishing Group

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

  Mercedes McCambridge

  People, Great People, Mets

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• 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!

  Mercedes McCambridge

  Morning, Believe, Heart

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• 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

  Mercedes McCambridge

  Blue, House, Black

  Mercedes McCambridge (1981). “The quality of mercy: an autobiography”, Crown

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• 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.

  Mercedes McCambridge

  Morning, Believe, Mean

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

  Mercedes McCambridge

  Thinking, Should Have, Married

  Mercedes McCambridge (1982). “The Quality of Mercy”, Berkley Publishing Group

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• 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.

  Mercedes McCambridge

  Jobs, Thinking, Community

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

  Mercedes McCambridge

  Three, Three Times, Bronchitis

  Mercedes McCambridge (1982). “The Quality of Mercy”, Berkley Publishing Group

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• I lose all control after two drinks of anything

  Mercedes McCambridge

  Two, Drink, Loses

  Mercedes McCambridge (1982). “The Quality of Mercy”, Berkley Publishing Group

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• 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

  Beautiful, Home, Mirrors

  Mercedes McCambridge (1982). “The Quality of Mercy”, Berkley Publishing Group

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

  Mercedes McCambridge

  Love Is, Feels, Knows

  Mercedes McCambridge (1982). “The Quality of Mercy”, Berkley Publishing Group

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

  Mercedes McCambridge

  Aggravation, Heaven, Ladders

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• 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.

  Mercedes McCambridge

  Awards, Oscars, Exorcist

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

  Mercedes McCambridge

  People, Fit, Rich

  Mercedes McCambridge (1982). “The Quality of Mercy”, Berkley Publishing Group

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

  Mercedes McCambridge

  Cowboy, Dallas, Dallas Cowboy

  Mercedes McCambridge (1982). “The Quality of Mercy”, Berkley Publishing Group

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