Hilary Ann Swank (born July 30, 1974) is an American actress and producer. She has won two Academy Awards for Best Actress.
I'm always looking for opportunities, even when they're not offered to me. I will have no hesitation to pick up the phone and call a director or call a writer.
You only have one life and if you're not doing what you love, what's the point?
I'm very glad that [the death penalty] hasn't existed for many years in the U. K.
When I stopped wanting my New Year's Eve to be perfect, to bring in the New Year right, is when it started working out right. When I was young, I was always looking for the best party to be at, to ring in the New Year, and I always ended up in the car going, "Happy New Year. "
Making a movie is you're really only as good as your weakest link, so when everyone's working at their best and it actually comes together, it's an extraordinary thing because it doesn't always.
I bring my dogs on set with me, and my little dog Karoo is smart as a whip. She knows where the craft-services food tables are, so anytime I can't find her, I know she has found her way to that area. She's a funny dog.
I believe in talent, and you believe in who you cast and help them go the distance.
I think that we're all continually searching for who we are, and that's ever-evolving and changing.
I never know what my next thing is going to be, and I'm not out there specifically searching for one thing in particular. I'm just looking for something that's new and different. It could be a drama or a comedy, I just want to challenge myself and work with people that inspire me.
There's no negatives. You just have to trust that what's happening in your life is unfolding in exactly the right way.
I can remember crying on the set of Beverly Hills 90210 after being released from the show a few years ago
There's so much I want to do as an actor. I feel like there's so much more that I want to achieve and that I can achieve.
Few people know this about me, but I love baking pies.
I’m always scared to death that I won’t do a role justice. But fear can be a great motivator.
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.
I wake up so full of life and feeling so alive and so full of joy when I get to go to a set and tell a story. I just - I couldn't imagine not having that, and what a gift it's been in my life.
I haven't tucked a sock in my pants for three years.
Learning how to fly, for me, was so euphoric.
I like to play women who blaze trails.
New Yorkers have this special spot in Central Park, where they do this 5K run, the minute the clock strikes twelve. I ran once, and I'll never do that again, either. But, it's awesome to watch those people run. It's such a great environment and place to be.