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All Quotes by author - Loretta Swit
" Acting is not hiding to me; it's revealing. We give you license to feel. 'Hey, she's crying, so it's okay if I cry, too.' That's the most important thing in the world, because when you stop feeling, that's when you're dead. "
Acting
World
She
" Actors are always identified with certain parts. To some, Marlon Brando will always be the Godfather. That's just how it is, whether the character happens to be your own personal favorite role or not. You can't ever get away from it. "
Always
Own
Personal
" Alan Alda is a dear friend, nothing like the cynical, bitter Hawkeye. "
Friend
Like
Nothing
" Animals are thinking, feeling creatures. They're sensitive. "
Animals
Thinking
Sensitive
" Don't buy furs: that's No. 1. You can start with that. Then spay and neuter your pets. We destroy millions of them a year. Go to an animal shelter for a cat or dog. And read a book about how to care properly for your particular pet. "
Pet
Animal
Book
" Everybody has their thing. I think you can always do what you like. "
You
Think
Thing
" Hot Lips changed a lot in eleven years. Initially, Margaret Houlihan behaved as though a man were the only thing that could complete her life, and she didn't see what richness her life contained. She gained a lot of self-esteem through the years, and she came to realize that what she did, what she offered, was valuable. "
Lips
She
Hot
" I don't eat or wear animals, but I never tell people not to - that's just my view. "
Never
Tell
View
" I don't think we should be deprived of the privilege of free speech. "
Speech
Privilege
Think
" I felt like I was flying without a net. But once I realized that the audience was my partner, I was flying a jet, because the people would allow me to develop the character on stage. "
Flying
Character
Me
" If you care enough, you make a difference. "
Make A Difference
You
Enough
" If you're 90 and look good in a mini-skirt, go for it. What is 'age appropriate'? Such nonsense. My mother lived to 106, so what's middle-age? Seventy is the new 50. "
You
Good
Age
" I have certain strong interests that fill my life as well. "
Well
Strong
Interests
" I haven't met a horse I didn't love. I love caring for them, cleaning them. I love doing my own tack and giving them treats. "
Horse
Caring
Doing
" I just can't remember a time when I wasn't involved with animals and wildlife. "
Just
Remember
Time
" I just can't wait to get out there on stage. There's no anxiety at all. I love being able to take this journey with the audience, because we all have a ball with it - even if we're crying. "
Journey
Audience
Love
" I love being creative in all forms. "
I Love
Being
Forms
" I'm a movie buff. My mom would take me to a double feature. We'd come out, go have Chinese food, and then go back into another cinema and see another double feature. I feel I'm a child of the movies. "
Food
Child
Movies
" I'm an art collector, have been for years, and I paint. Needless to say, the artwork in my houses, apartment is extensive. "
Art
Say
Apartment
" I never really thought it out. I just woke up one day, and I was involved in all these projects. They just seemed to involve animals. "
Thought
Animals
Day
" It's never too late to go out and get that feeling back. "
Back
Never Too Late
Late
" It wasn't so much that I was all alone on stage, but it was the realization of how much you need the response-you need the audience to tell you where to go. "
Alone
Audience
Need
" I've played some great ladies. Mame. Agnes Gooch in 'Mame,' when I started out in the '60s... it's a beautiful role. "
Out
Great
Role
" M*A*S*H offered real characters and everybody identified with them because they had such soul. The humor was intelligent and it always assumed that you had an intellect. "
Intelligent
Soul
Humor
" My first thought in life was wanting to be an actor. I was in ballet slippers and on pointe as soon as I could walk. I always wanted to be an actress, not a mother or housewife. "
Mother
Walk
Always
" My parents didn't want me to go into show business. They were afraid of what would happen if I didn't succeed. They wanted me to get married and have babies. I never saw marriage and family in my life. "
Marriage
Me
Life
" Our planet is dying. Whales will be extinct before we ever get to know them. They say these creatures are so intelligent. They may disappear from the face of the Earth before we know them, and that is a great tragedy. "
Earth
Dying
Great
" Remember this about the Korean War: The men were drafted; the women volunteered. "
War
Women
Korean War
" Shirley Valentine is a beautiful character and so well written. What Shirley speaks and thinks is so logical. "
Character
Beautiful
Logical
" So much of life is luck. One day you make a right turn and get hit by a car. Turn left and you meet the love of your life. I think I made the correct turn. "
Think
Love
Life
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