Hilary Swank

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.

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

My job is about playing people. And I think once you lose touch with people, what do you play?

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

I can remember crying on the set of Beverly Hills 90210 after being released from the show a few years ago.

I love to travel. I'm a curious person.

Few people know this about me, but I love baking pies.

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.

I don't think people should have boundaries put on them, by themselves or society or another gender, because it's our birthright to experience life in whatever way we feel best suits us.

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

There's so much more to life than looking a certain way.

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