Hilary Swank Quotes, Thoughts and images

My biggest growth has been sitting with things that are uncomfortable and dealing with them.

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

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

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

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

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

There's no negatives. You just have to trust that what's happening in your life is unfolding in exactly the right way.

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

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

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.

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

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

What do dreams know of boundaries?

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.

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.

Oh, the Places You'll Go!,' by Dr. Seuss, is still one of my favorite books ever.

I grew up in a trailer park in Bellingham, Washington.

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.

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

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.

Learning how to fly, for me, was so euphoric.

I really chase the things that I want.

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.

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.

One of the great things about my job is I get to do all of these things that I may not experience had I not been an actor.

My most annoying question is "Hilary, are you ever going to play a pretty girl?"

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

I haven't tucked a sock in my pants for three years.