I lose all control after two drinks of anything Mercedes McCambridge More Quotes by Mercedes McCambridge More Quotes From Mercedes McCambridge I cannot sustain hate for longer than a couple of years. Mercedes McCambridge couplehateyears If I have to climb to heaven on a ladder, I shall decline the invitation. Mercedes McCambridge laddersaggravationheaven 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 exorcistoscarsawards The great people I've met always have time for the niceties. Mercedes McCambridge great-peoplemetspeople Most people call me Mercy. I like it Mercedes McCambridge call-memercypeople 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 blackhouseblue 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 actorsshouldtrying Everything edible is fried in Texas! Or it is buried in the ground to cook before it is eaten. ... Texas food should be forbidden! 'The steaks at night are big and bright, deep in the heart of Texas!' And they are always afloat in grease. Next morning you are served a smaller steak, which serves as a platform for two fried eggs ... all of this afloat in the same grease! 'Chicken, you say? You bet! Comin' up!' Same grease! They are right. Comin' up! For hours afterwards. I couldn't believe the crust of an apple pie! Same grease! Mercedes McCambridge heartmorningbelieve It is said that people learn to hate each other because of little things ... not big ones. I know I have always learned to love because of little things ... I'm not at all sure that there are any big ones. Mercedes McCambridge hatelove-ispeople I was taught to be anti-Jewish. Mercedes McCambridge taught Like so many other recovered alcoholics, I am to this day bewildered that it took so long for me to understand that there was no such animal as 'social drinking' for me; that it had nothing to do with my willpower or self-respect or moral fiber, that it was a simple biochemical intolerance to a drug. Mercedes McCambridge simpledrinkinganimal Nobody understands that by the time the addiction has set in the alcoholic is mandated to drink ... he cannot not drink! Nobody wakes up in the morning and says, 'Jiminy Cricket, I feel sensational! My life is really in great shape! I think I'll become an alcoholic!' I firmly believe that when a shaking-to-pieces alcoholic says he needs a drink or he will die, he means it. Mercedes McCambridge morningmeanbelieve I loved playing the part of the feisty Annie Sullivan in The Miracle Worker Mercedes McCambridge anniefeistymiracle I'd stand in line for Confession with old people and little kids, and as the line moved up and it was getting closer to my turn, I knew that when I got into the box I would lie! Again! Mercedes McCambridge kidslyingpeople My admiration for the phenomenon of Alcoholics Anonymous is boundless. Mercedes McCambridge alcoholics-anonymousphenomenonadmiration Neiman-Marcus is one thing, and the Dallas Cowboys are another. Mercedes McCambridge dallas-cowboydallascowboy I can only know what love is insofar as I can feel it. Mercedes McCambridge knowsfeelslove-is I don't think I should have been married... to anybody. Mercedes McCambridge marriedshould-havethinking 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 communityjobsthinking There are zillions of people who say that alcoholism is a disease, but not many of them believe it Mercedes McCambridge diseasebelievepeople
