Hilary Swank (Hilary Ann Swank) Quotes
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.
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I get asked this a lot: Why has soccer not succeeded? My answer is, soccer has succeeded. It is already the fastest growing youth participation sport in the U.S. It has already succeeded at the youth level, no question.
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I just felt that you can't have a character fall in love so madly as they did in the last movie and not finish it off, understand it, get some closure. That's why the movie is called 'Quantum of Solace' - that's exactly what he's looking for.
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During my childhood, I was surrounded by actors, and all I remember is they were fun to be around. That kind of sticks.
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Do I favor the death penalty? Theoretically, I do, but when you realize that there's a 4 percent error rate, you end up putting guilty people to death.
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I don't think anything I've written has been done in under six or eight drafts. Usually it takes me a few years to write a book. 'World's Fair' was an exception. It seemed to be a particularly fluent book as it came. I did it in seven months. I think what happened in that case is that God gave me a bonus book.
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Eighteenth-century matrons would have never have dreamed of appointing a redhaired wet nurse for their precious offspring - redheads passed on their horrible characters through their milk.
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My original idea was to produce and not make records myself.
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I hate to repeat lines, to say the same damned thing. I try to rewrite cliches and make what I say sound fresh.
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When you're first learning how to do eyeliner, it's really hard to get both lids the same. A good tip for when you're putting it on, is to make sure your elbow is on a table. Make sure your arm's really stable. And make sure you have an eye makeup q-tip to get that really sharp line.
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Tardiness in literature can make me nervous.
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But a lot of shows, they pose questions and they give you a puzzle where there's no solution.
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Our entire brand is about transparency. We want that data out there because you know what? If you are only getting one in three messages replied to, you're normal. You're right there in the middle of everything with everyone else.
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He is lost who is possessed by carnal desire.
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I play the guitar when I want to relax. But to play the guitar, you cut the nails. So one day, I'll cut the nails off.
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Reality in movies is the reality of the story you're telling, so it may not match the reality as we know it, but the reason there's art is that it tries to bring some kind of understanding of all the suffering and joys and pain that we go through. Storytelling brings some value to it.
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I'd have to say that my favorite thing is writing a song that really says how I feel, what I believe - and it even explains the world to myself better than I knew it.
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I think I've done everything on 'The X Factor' apart from the cleaning.
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My eyes, my brain seek out escape routes wherever I am sent.
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Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
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I live off a motto that says, 'yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery'. I have goals and agendas. Where ever I'll be tomorrow, that's where I'll be.
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Usually, I'll just be walking from my house to somewhere else, and melodies and words will start coming up, and I'll have to run home to write it all down.
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I like to hit the gym early in the morning. I feel better throughout the day when I get in a workout first thing in the morning.
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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.
