Facts about Mercedes McCambridge 
Summary
Mercedes McCambridge (born as Carlotta Mercedes McCambridge in Joliet, Illinois, U.S., died in La Jolla, California, U.S.) was a famous Actress from USA, who lived between March 16, 1916 and March 2, 2004.
Biography
For her role as "Sadie Burke" in the film All the King's Men she in 1949, an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, one for film and TV. Zodiac etc.
She is born under the zodiac pisces, who is known for Fluctuation, Depth, Imagination, Reactive, Indecisive.
Our collection contains 37 quotes who is written / told by Mercedes.
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Source / external links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes_McCambridge
Famous quotes by Mercedes McCambridge (37)
"One of the cruelest judgments sustained against me is that I have spoken out as a recovered alcoholic to stimulate my acting career"
"I'm glad I am a woman who once danced naked in the Mediterranean Sea at midnight"
"I believe in joy, but I believe in the flip-side, agony"
"A rich man can afford to be generous to many"
"There are zillions of people who say that alcoholism is a disease, but not many of them believe it"
"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"
"I'd never been in play long enough for the flowers to die in the dressing room"
"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"
"Aside from my son, no person has ever shown for me the gentle concern I knew from Governor Adlai Stevenson"
"Young Jimmy Dean fell off the world as suddenly as he had come"
"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"
"Most people call me Mercy. I like it"
"Joan Crawford is a movie queen. I had never met one before. I know now what I don't want to be"
"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 was taught to be anti-Jewish"
"I lose all control after two drinks of anything"
"I have no use for people who hunt for what they call sport"
"So many people have really wanted to die. They seem ashamed to say so. I think it would help if they would say so"
"Like many alcoholics, I was a staggering woman in a chic apartment, sick and utterly disgusting"
"I never wanted a Guardian Angel. I didn't ask for one. One was assigned to me"
"I have always had a lot more trouble with my truths than with my deceits"
"I don't think I should have been married... to anybody"
"I am responsible for no one but myself"
"I think The Exorcist was the hardest work I've ever done"
"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!"
"Alcohol is a very patient drug. It will wait for the alcoholic to pick it up one more time"
"When I am rehearsing for a play, I try to read nothing that might distract my concentration from the work in progress"
"My admiration for the phenomenon of Alcoholics Anonymous is boundless"
"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 can only know what love is insofar as I can feel it"
"With two leftover husbands to account for, my wicked soul has just about shriveled and died"
"I loved playing the part of the feisty Annie Sullivan in The Miracle Worker"
"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"
"I can choose to accelerate my disease to an alcoholic death or incurable insanity, or I can choose to live within my thoroughly human condition"
"I am rich from the bequests other gifted people have seen fit to leave to me"
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