Hilary Swank You're Not You Quotes & Sayings

I think every day there is some new actress comes out and inspires me to do something else ... like Hilary Swank. After she did Boys Don't Cry, I felt this yearning to go out and be even half as good as she was. — Elisabeth Moss

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. — Hilary Swank

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." — Hilary Swank

As long as we dare to dream and don't get in the way of ourselves, anything is possible - there's truly no end to where our dreams can take us. — Hilary Swank

I like to play women who blaze trails. — Hilary Swank

I think that we're all continually searching for who we are, and that's ever-evolving and changing. — Hilary Swank

I'm always scared to death that I won't do a role justice. But fear can be a great motivator. — Hilary Swank

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. — Hilary Swank

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. — Hilary Swank

I think writing letters is a lost art, but nowadays it's something that means even more, because it's so easy to communicate in so many different ways. But I find a love letter can even be a little post-it note stuck in your pocket, with a sentence or a few words. — Hilary Swank

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. — Hilary Swank

I don't believe in the death penalty. I believe that there are other people as we speak right now in prison, wrongfully accused, who could serve such a fate. That is injustice at its greatest. — Hilary Swank

My relaxation has always been my animals - going to the dog park with them, going to the beach. — Hilary Swank

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. — Hilary Swank

You have to be precisely in the moment in order to box. And I just love that. I just love the idea of right now we're here, be here. — Hilary Swank

You're not always going to hit the bull's-eye. I'm going to make movies that work and I'm going to make movies that don't work, and that's just a part of being creative. Because really, I think if you're taking risks and you're pushing yourself and you're doing things that scare you, you are going to fall on your face, and it's not always going to work. — Hilary Swank

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. — Hilary Swank

One thing I've learned: you never know where life is taking you, but it's taking you. — Hilary Swank

I ended up dropping out of high school. I'm a high school dropout, which I'm not proud to say, ... I had some teachers that I still think of fondly and were amazing to me. But I had other teachers who said, 'You know what? This dream of yours is a hobby. When are you going to give it up?' 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 — Hilary Swank

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

I believe that the definition of luck is when preparation meets with opportunity. — Hilary Swank

You only have one life and if you're not doing what you love, what's the point? — Hilary Swank

The idea of playing a character for even two years, to me feels claustrophobic - only because I want to play a lot of different people. — Hilary Swank

I stopped trying to chase the perfect place to be, and realized the perfect place is with your loved ones and your closest friends, around the dinner table, over a good meal, talking about the past year and the year to come and things that you want to change in your life. You hear their stories and talk about things you'd like to see happen in the world. That's what we do. — Hilary Swank

I'm just a girl from a trailer park who had a dream. I never thought this would ever happen. — Hilary Swank

I really chase the things that I want. — Hilary Swank

I really enjoy playing with someone else and whether it's chess or tennis or games, I love card games. I love that, but I think there's something so important to gain from winning and losing and learning how to lose and how you can be better from that. — Hilary Swank

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. — Hilary Swank

I cut coupons, love specials and believe in buying toilet paper and toothpaste in bulk. It's just who I am. — Hilary Swank

As a producer, you really have - you're able to hand-pick all the talent that you want to be surrounded with. — Hilary Swank

You can change your fate. You can sit back, or you can go after your life and all that you want it to be. — Hilary Swank

I had to fight my whole life to break out of my circumstances. That's just part of my makeup. — Hilary Swank

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. — Hilary Swank

It's give-and-take and back-and-forth, that constantly allows you to grow as an artist and as a human being. — Hilary Swank

I look at some of my work and say, "Oh, that's where I can be better." I want to continue to grow and do things that do scare me. I want to work with filmmakers who will help me go deeper in my work. — Hilary Swank

If there's someone that I just wan to work with in the future, I set a general meeting and I say, "I'm a really big fan. I want to meet you. I'd love to collaborate with you someday and hopefully you'll remember that for the next time you have something that I could be right for." — Hilary Swank