Hilary Swank Quotes

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

I really chase the things that I want.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

What do dreams know of boundaries?

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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