Mercedes McCambridge

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

#blue #bump #buy #chairs #full

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

— Mercedes McCambridge

#feisty #i #loved #loved playing #miracle

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

— Mercedes McCambridge

#ever #exorcist #hardest #i #i think

I was taught to be anti-Jewish. ↗

— Mercedes McCambridge

#taught

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

— Mercedes McCambridge

#been #die #dressing #dressing room #enough

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

#box #confession #got #i #into

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

— Mercedes McCambridge

#danced #glad #i #i am #mediterranean

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

#front #furnishing #home #i #keep

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

— Mercedes McCambridge

#crawford #had #i #joan #joan crawford

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

— Mercedes McCambridge

#apartment #chic #disgusting #i #like