Hilary Swank Quotes

• I’m always scared to death that I won’t do a role justice. But fear can be a great motivator.

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• You only have one life and if you’re not doing what you love, what’s the point?

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• To me, working out is literally like eating a meal or drinking water or breathing.

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• There’s so much more to life than looking a certain way.

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• The truth is, after Boys Don’t Cry, I realized how few and far between the great roles are. I am beyond thankful for finding Million Dollar Baby.

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• One thing I’ve learned: You never know where life is taking you, but it’s taking you.

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• One of the great things about my job is I get to do all of these things that I may not experience had I not been an actor.

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• ‘Oh, the Places You’ll Go!,’ by Dr. Seuss, is still one of my favorite books ever.

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• My relaxation has always been my animals – going to the dog park with them, going to the beach.

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• My job is about playing people. And I think once you lose touch with people, what do you play?

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• Learning how to fly, for me, was so euphoric.

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• It’s how you look at beauty. Is it only an outward appearance with hair and makeup and a hot body, or is it something deeper than that?

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• It’s a quality of my life that I wouldn’t change for the world, having grown up with such a humble background.

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• I’m certainly not very book smart, but I started traveling at 16, and it has enriched me in ways I could never begin to explain.

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• I took ‘P.S. I Love You’ thinking it was going to be a little funny, and I ended up crying every day on that film.

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• I think that we’re all continually searching for who we are, and that’s ever-evolving and changing.

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• I think about how I’m spending my money, and I like to spend on my family.

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• I really chase the things that I want.

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• I love to travel. I’m a curious person.

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• I like to play women who blaze trails.

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Hilary Swank (30)

Birth:	30th July, 1974
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Actress

About

Hilary Swank was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA. She is an American actress. She has won two Academy Awards for Best Actress. Her role in several films include: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Next Karate Kid, Boys Don't Cry(won-Academy Award for Best Actress, Golden Globe Award for Best Actress), Million Dollar Baby(won-Academy Award for Best Actress, Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress, Golden Globe Award for Best Actress, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance), The Gift, Insomnia, Red Dust, The Reaping, P.S. I Love You, Freedom Writers, The Homesman, and You're Not You(also producer). Her role in television include: Camp Wilder(TV Sitcom), Cries Unheard(TV film), Terror in the Family(TV film), Dying to Belong(TV film), Leaving L.A.(TV series), Beverly Hills, 90210(TV series), Iron Jawed Angels(TV film), Mary and Martha(TV film).

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