Quotes by Hilary Swank

“One thing Ive learned: You never know where life is taking you, but its taking you.”

“I dont know what I did in this life to deserve all of this. Im just a girl from a trailer park who had a dream.”

“Being a teenager was a horrid time.”

“I had to fight my whole life to break out.”

“I dont know what I did in this life to deserve all of this [on winning an Oscar 2005]”

“I used the subway all the time. Its my form of transportation, ... because its quick. Its inexpensive.”

“I could do half a pull-up when I first started training, ... I literally, I tried to pull myself up, and I was shaking. And I couldnt do it. And I couldnt believe it. I thought, you know, and as a kid, you had, doing pull-ups and stuff. And then when I was done, I could do 11.”

“[She didnt tell Eastwood what had happened.] I didnt tell Clint, because in the end, thats what happens to boxers, ... They get blisters, they get infected. They have injuries and they keep pushing through it.”

“I ended up dropping out of high school. Im a high school dropout, which Im not proud to say, ... I had some teachers that I still think of fondly and were amazing to me. But I had other teachers who said, You know what? This dream of yours is a hobby. When are you going to give it up? I had teachers who I could tell didnt want to be there. And I just couldnt get inspired by someone who didnt want to be there.”

“In terms of property damage, ... the estimate is at least $26 billion in insured losses and perhaps twice that in uninsured losses over a 90,000-square-mile area - approximately the size of Kansas.”

I’m always scared to death that I won’t do a role justice. But fear can be a great motivator.

I ended up dropping out of high school. Im a high school dropout, which Im not proud to say, ... I had some teachers that I still think of fondly and were amazing to me. But I had other teachers who said, You know what? This dream of yours is a hobby. When are you going to give it up? I had teachers who I could tell didnt want to be there. And I just couldnt get inspired by someone who didnt want to be there

One thing Ive learned: you never know where life is taking you, but its taking you.

The truth is, after Boys Dont Cry, I realized how few and far between the great roles are. I am beyond thankful for finding Million Dollar Baby.

Its how you look at beauty. Is it only an outward appearance with hair and makeup and a hot body, or is it something deeper than that?