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title: "2 Rehearsing Play Quotes By Mercedes McCambridge"
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> [While I am rehearsing a play, I try to read nothing that might distract my concentration from the work in progress.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mercedes-mccambridge/while-i-am-rehearsing-a-play-i-try-to-read-nothing-that-might/)

[Mercedes McCambridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mercedes-mccambridge/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae3/mercedes-mccambridge-13004_actor_while-i-am-rehearsing-a-play-i-try-to-re_350389.png)

> [When I am rehearsing for a play, I try to read nothing that might distract my concentration from the work in progress.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mercedes-mccambridge/when-i-am-rehearsing-for-a-play-i-try-to-read-nothing-that-might/)

[Mercedes McCambridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mercedes-mccambridge/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f4/mercedes-mccambridge-13004_concentration_when-i-am-rehearsing-for-a-play-i-try-to_430946.png)

## More by Mercedes McCambridge

> [I've always had bronchitis. I've been administered the Sacrament of Death three times for it](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mercedes-mccambridge/i-ve-always-had-bronchitis-i-ve-been-administered-the-sacrament-of/)

[Mercedes McCambridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mercedes-mccambridge/)

> [Like many alcoholics, I was a staggering woman in a chic apartment, sick and utterly disgusting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mercedes-mccambridge/like-many-alcoholics-i-was-a-staggering-woman-in-a-chic-apartment/)

[Mercedes McCambridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mercedes-mccambridge/)

> [While I am rehearsing a play, I try to read nothing that might distract my concentration from the work in progress.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mercedes-mccambridge/while-i-am-rehearsing-a-play-i-try-to-read-nothing-that-might/)

[Mercedes McCambridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mercedes-mccambridge/)

> [When I am rehearsing for a play, I try to read nothing that might distract my concentration from the work in progress.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mercedes-mccambridge/when-i-am-rehearsing-for-a-play-i-try-to-read-nothing-that-might/)

[Mercedes McCambridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mercedes-mccambridge/like-so-many-other-recovered-alcoholics-i-am-to-this-day-bewildered/)

[Mercedes McCambridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mercedes-mccambridge/)

> [I find it next to impossible to remain politely silent when people prate to me about the glory of being given another chance to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mercedes-mccambridge/i-find-it-next-to-impossible-to-remain-politely-silent-when-people/)

[Mercedes McCambridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mercedes-mccambridge/)

> [Alcohol is a very patient drug. It will wait for the alcoholic to pick it up one more time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mercedes-mccambridge/alcohol-is-a-very-patient-drug-it-will-wait-for-the-alcoholic-to-pick/)

[Mercedes McCambridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mercedes-mccambridge/)

> [I have always had a lot more trouble with my truths than with my deceits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mercedes-mccambridge/i-have-always-had-a-lot-more-trouble-with-my-truths-than-with-my/)

[Mercedes McCambridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mercedes-mccambridge/)

> [A rich man can afford to be generous to many.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mercedes-mccambridge/a-rich-man-can-afford-to-be-generous-to-many/)

[Mercedes McCambridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mercedes-mccambridge/i-have-reached-a-state-in-life-where-i-can-buy-a-whole-house-full-of/)

[Mercedes McCambridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mercedes-mccambridge/)

> [I never wanted a Guardian Angel. I didn't ask for one. One was assigned to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mercedes-mccambridge/i-never-wanted-a-guardian-angel-i-didn-t-ask-for-one-one-was-assigned/)

[Mercedes McCambridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mercedes-mccambridge/)

> [Radio is truly the theater of the mind. The listener constructs the sets, colors them from his own palette, and sculpts and costumes the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mercedes-mccambridge/radio-is-truly-the-theater-of-the-mind-the-listener-constructs-the/)

[Mercedes McCambridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mercedes-mccambridge/)

> [With two leftover husbands to account for, my wicked soul has just about shriveled and died](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mercedes-mccambridge/with-two-leftover-husbands-to-account-for-my-wicked-soul-has-just/)

[Mercedes McCambridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mercedes-mccambridge/)

> [Nobody understands that by the time the addiction has set in the alcoholic is mandated to drink ... he cannot not drink! Nobody wakes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mercedes-mccambridge/nobody-understands-that-by-the-time-the-addiction-has-set-in-the/)

[Mercedes McCambridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mercedes-mccambridge/)

> [It is a remarkably beautiful piece of home furnishing, the Oscar. I used to keep it up in front of a mirror so that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mercedes-mccambridge/it-is-a-remarkably-beautiful-piece-of-home-furnishing-the-oscar-i/)

[Mercedes McCambridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mercedes-mccambridge/)

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