60 Quotes by Loretta Swit

I don't eat or wear animals, but I never tell people not to - that's just my view.

I don't think we should be deprived of the privilege of free speech.

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.

The pursuit of happiness is in our Constitution. We're all entitled to have the best we can.

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.

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.

Alan Alda is a dear friend, nothing like the cynical, bitter Hawkeye.

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.

Watching movies was like going to school for me. It still is. You're always learning. Even if it's bad, you're learning what not to do.