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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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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 biggest growth has been sitting with things that are uncomfortable and dealing with them.
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You're always going to make mistakes. That's life. You just want to grow from them and try to make as few as possible. That's why you do reach out and ask people for help, where needed.
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I love to travel. I'm a curious person.
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I'm just a girl from a trailer park who had a dream. I never thought this would ever happen.
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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 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.
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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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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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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.
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Few people know this about me, but I love baking pies.
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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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As a performer, I don't like to play the same thing over and over. I like to play it and let it go and move on. That's also why television hasn't really been something that I've done.
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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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What do dreams know of boundaries?
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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 wouldn't change my past for anything, because I think it's made me who I am. I'm so enormously grateful for all that I have in my life.
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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 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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My job is about playing people. And I think once you lose touch with people, what do you play?
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