Mercedes McCambridge
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.Collection: Drinking
Most people call me Mercy. I like itCollection: People
I have always had a lot more trouble with my truths than with my deceitsCollection: Hype
I have no use for people who hunt for what they call sportCollection: Sports
While I am rehearsing a play, I try to read nothing that might distract my concentration from the work in progress.Collection: Play
I loved playing the part of the feisty Annie Sullivan in The Miracle WorkerCollection: Miracle
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 blueCollection: Blue
With two leftover husbands to account for, my wicked soul has just about shriveled and diedCollection: Husband
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!Collection: Morning
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!Collection: Lying
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.Collection: Morning
I've always had bronchitis. I've been administered the Sacrament of Death three times for itCollection: Three
I lose all control after two drinks of anythingCollection: 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 twoCollection: Beautiful