Mercedes McCambridge
Mercedes McCambridge

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

Mercedes McCambridge
Mercedes McCambridge

I was taught to be anti-Jewish.

Mercedes McCambridge
Mercedes McCambridge

I never wanted a Guardian Angel. I didn't ask for one. One was assigned to me.

Mercedes McCambridge
Mercedes McCambridge

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

Mercedes McCambridge
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
Mercedes McCambridge

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

Mercedes McCambridge
Mercedes McCambridge

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

Mercedes McCambridge
Mercedes McCambridge

Alcohol is a very patient drug. It will wait for the alcoholic to pick it up one more time.

Mercedes McCambridge
Mercedes McCambridge

My admiration for the phenomenon of Alcoholics Anonymous is boundless.

Mercedes McCambridge
Mercedes McCambridge

A rich man can afford to be generous to many.

Mercedes McCambridge
Mercedes McCambridge

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
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
Mercedes McCambridge

I find it next to impossible to remain politely silent when people prate to me about the glory of being given another chance to live happily ever after!

Mercedes McCambridge
Mercedes McCambridge

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

Mercedes McCambridge
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
Mercedes McCambridge

I believe in joy, but I believe in the flip-side, agony.

Mercedes McCambridge
Mercedes McCambridge

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
Mercedes McCambridge

Aside from my son, no person has ever shown for me the gentle concern I knew from Governor Adlai Stevenson.

Mercedes McCambridge
Mercedes McCambridge

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
Mercedes McCambridge

I am responsible for no one but myself.