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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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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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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.
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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 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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What do dreams know of boundaries?
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To me, working out is literally like eating a meal or drinking water or breathing.
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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 to travel. I'm a curious person.
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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 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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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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Oh, the Places You'll Go!,' by Dr. Seuss, is still one of my favorite books ever.
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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.
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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.
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I believe in talent, and you believe in who you cast and help them go the distance.
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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.
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My biggest growth has been sitting with things that are uncomfortable and dealing with them.
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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 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.
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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.
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I think what's great about that relationship between an actor and a Director is you have to really blow away all your thing, the safety things that you put up.
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