Quotes by Mercedes McCambridge

About Mercedes McCambridge:

Carlotta Mercedes Agnes McCambridge was an American actress of radio, stage, film, and television. Orson Welles called her "the world's greatest living radio actress." She won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for All the King's Men (1949) and was nominated in the same category for Giant (1956). She also provided the voice of Pazuzu in The Exorcist (1973).
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A rich man can afford to be generous to many.

Mercedes McCambridge

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

Mercedes McCambridge

I am responsible for no one but myself.

Mercedes McCambridge

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

Mercedes McCambridge

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

Mercedes McCambridge

I lose all control after two drinks of anything.

Mercedes McCambridge

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

Mercedes McCambridge

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

Mercedes McCambridge

I was taught to be anti-Jewish.

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

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

Mercedes McCambridge

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

Mercedes McCambridge

Most people call me Mercy. I like it.

Mercedes McCambridge

My admiration for the phenomenon of Alcoholics Anonymous is boundless.

Mercedes McCambridge

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

Mercedes McCambridge

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

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

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

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

Mercedes McCambridge

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

Mercedes McCambridge

Author Bio

  • NameMercedes McCambridge
  • DescriptionHer son worked for Stephens Inc., not Stephens and company
  • BornMarch 17, 1918
  • DiedMarch 2, 2004
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionActor
  • AwardsAcademy Award For Best Supporting Actress