Top 35 Mercedes McCambridge Quotes

I am responsible for no one but myself.

I was taught to be anti-Jewish.

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!

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.

I cannot sustain hate for longer than a couple of years.

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

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

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

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

My admiration for the phenomenon of Alcoholics Anonymous is boundless.

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

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!

I don’t think I should have been married… to anybody.

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

I think The Exorcist was the hardest work I’ve ever done.

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

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.

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

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

I loved playing the part of the feisty Annie Sullivan in The Miracle Worker.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

A rich man can afford to be generous to many.

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

I lose all control after two drinks of anything.

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

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

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

Most people call me Mercy. I like it.