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Loretta Swit

(1937–2025) Actor United States

19 quotes in 83 categories

Loretta Swit was an actor from the United States, best known for A needlepoint scrapbook.

Quick Facts About Loretta Swit

Born: November 4, 1937
Died: May 30, 2025
Nationality: United States
Profession: Actor
Notable works: A needlepoint scrapbook
Spouse: Dennis Holahan

About Loretta Swit

Loretta Swit was an American stage and television actress. She was widely known for her character roles, especially her role as Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan on M*A*S*H, for which she was nominated for Emmy Awards in each season of the long-running show, and won two, in 1980 and 1982.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Quotes by Loretta Swit

If you care enough, you make a difference.

Care

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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…

Humor

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Everybody has their thing. I think you can always do what you like

Thinking

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I love being creative in all forms

Be creative

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We should be able to be ourselves. Make a political stand if you want to

Able

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It wasn't so much that I was all alone on stage, but it was the realization of how much you need the…

All alone

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When I went to school, I was in the same mode. I did the things I enjoyed, what I loved

Enjoyed

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You only know what you know.

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MASH offered real characters and everybody identified with them because they had such soul. The humor was intelligent and it always assumed…

Character

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

Communication

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So much of life is luck. One day you make a right turn and get hit by a car. Turn left and…

Car

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

Animal

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It's never too late to go out and get that feeling back

Feelings

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Animals are thinking, feeling creatures. They're sensitive

Animal

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I just can't wait to get out there on stage. There's no anxiety at all. I love being able to take this…

Able

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

Constitution

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I felt like I was flying without a net. But once I realized that the audience was my partner, I was flying…

Audience

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Shirley Valentine is a beautiful character and so well written. What Shirley speaks and thinks is so logical

Beautiful

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I have certain strong interests that fill my life as well

Certain

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