Hilary Swank Quotes
Actress
I can remember crying on the set of Beverly Hills 90210 after being released from the show a few years ago.
My relaxation has always been my animals - going to the dog park with them, going to the beach.
I think that we're all continually searching for who we are, and that's ever-evolving and changing.
To me, working out is literally like eating a meal or drinking water or breathing.
You only have one life and if you're not doing what you love, what's the point?
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?
I don't think people should have boundaries put on them, by themselves or society or another gender, because it's our birthright to experience life in whatever way we feel best suits us.
I don't know what I did in this life to deserve all of this. I'm just a girl from a trailer park who had a dream.
There's so much more to life than looking a certain way.
Few people know this about me, but I love baking pies.
Learning how to fly, for me, was so euphoric.
I grew up in a trailer park in Bellingham, Washington.
One thing I've learned: You never know where life is taking you, but it's taking you.
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.
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.
I think about how I'm spending my money, and I like to spend on my family.
I had to fight my whole life to break out of my circumstances. That's just part of my makeup.
I haven't tucked a sock in my pants for three years.
It's a quality of my life that I wouldn't change for the world, having grown up with such a humble background.
'Oh, the Places You'll Go!,' by Dr. Seuss, is still one of my favorite books ever.
My job is about playing people. And I think once you lose touch with people, what do you play?
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.
Growing up in a lower-income family, you don't have the resources to make ends meet and you have to find creative ways to get by.
I had teachers who I could tell didn't want to be there. And I just couldn't get inspired by someone who didn't want to be there.
I like to play women who blaze trails.
I really chase the things that I want.
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.
I love to travel. I'm a curious person.