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Mercedes McCambridge quotes: I think The Exorcist was the hardest work I've ever done.

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

Mercedes McCambridge quotes: 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.

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 quotes: Most people call me Mercy. I like it.

Most people call me Mercy. I like it.

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

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

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

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

Mercedes McCambridge quotes: My second marriage had a lot to do with alcohol.

My second marriage had a lot to do with alcohol.

Mercedes McCambridge quotes: I believe in joy, but I believe in the flip-side, agony.

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

Mercedes McCambridge quotes: 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 can choose to accelerate my disease to an alcoholic death or incurable insanity, or I can choose to live within my thoroughly human condition.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mercedes McCambridge quotes: A rich man can afford to be generous to many.

A rich man can afford to be generous to many.

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

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

Mercedes McCambridge quotes: I loved playing the part of the feisty Annie Sullivan in The Miracle Worker.

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

Mercedes McCambridge quotes: Joan Crawford is a movie queen. I had never met one before. I know now what I don't want to be.

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

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

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 quotes: 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.

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

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

Mercedes McCambridge quotes: I have always had a lot more trouble with my truths than with my deceits.

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

Mercedes McCambridge quotes: I've always had bronchitis. I've been administered the Sacrament of Death three times for it.

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

Mercedes McCambridge quotes: The great people I've met always have time for the niceties.

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

Mercedes McCambridge quotes: Young Jimmy Dean fell off the world as suddenly as he had come.

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

Mercedes McCambridge quotes: I was taught to be anti-Jewish.

I was taught to be anti-Jewish.

Mercedes McCambridge quotes: I have no use for people who hunt for what they call sport.

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

Mercedes McCambridge quotes: I lose all control after two drinks of anything.

I lose all control after two drinks of anything.

Mercedes McCambridge quotes: 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 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 quotes: Only a certain breed of actor should ever even try to work for Orson Welles. I'm glad I'm one of that breed.

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

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

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

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

Mercedes McCambridge quotes: I cannot sustain hate for longer than a couple of years.

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

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

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

Mercedes McCambridge quotes: I am responsible for no one but myself.

I am responsible for no one but myself.

Mercedes McCambridge quotes: I don't think I should have been married ... to anybody.

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

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

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

Mercedes McCambridge quotes: 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!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mercedes McCambridge quotes: My admiration for the phenomenon of Alcoholics Anonymous is boundless.

My admiration for the phenomenon of Alcoholics Anonymous is boundless.