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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.

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Hilary Swank
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: July 30
Actor
Actress
Film Actor
Film Producer
Television Actor
Lincoln
Nebraska
Hilary Ann Swank
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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.
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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.
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I grew up in a trailer park in Bellingham, Washington.
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The past is gone. I know it sounds cliché, but you're here. Like be in it. And boxing was a really good analogy for me to try and carry that in my everyday life all the time.
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I'm a risk-taker. It's where my passion lies, so I don't want to play it safe. That means I'm going to fail sometimes.
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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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I had to fight my whole life to break out of my circumstances. That's just part of my makeup.
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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.
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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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I love my job, I love being an actor and stepping into the shoes of different characters and exploring their lives. It's enriched my life extremely. I've learned more about myself and the ways of life through being an actor.
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I think we have a choice every single day in how we want to live our life. You wake up and you make your choice of what you want to do with your day that's going to help you achieve your dream.
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I believe that the definition of luck is when preparation meets with opportunity.
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When I was a swimmer and I would lose a heat in something I was doing whether it backstroke or breaststroke, were two of my most strongest strokes, I would look at how whoever it was that won and beat me and think, What did they do? What were... What were the qualities that they had that I can incorporate into my swimming to make me better?
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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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I am a competitive person with myself. I always find new goals to achieve, new challenges to breakthrough, and I try and do something new every day. And I'm highly competitive with myself.
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It's give-and-take and back-and-forth, that constantly allows you to grow as an artist and as a human being.
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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.
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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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I look back and I look at all the opportunities that I've had to work really hard and really challenge myself, and I like to do things that scare me. I like to do things that I don't know if I'm going to be able to do. I need the help of talented people around me. I love that it's a collaboration.
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Learning how to fly, for me, was so euphoric.
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