Hilary Swank is a two-time Academy Award winner and she says she’s still trying to digest the fact that she’s been given those Hollywood honors. She’s had the pleasure of working with some of the biggest names in the industry, and appreciates all the opportunities she’s been given — especially Clint Eastwood handing her the Oscar-winning Million Dollar Baby role.
She said: “When I heard about the part, I about fell off my chair because Clint has been making movies longer than I’ve been alive and I’ve grown up watching his movies and I’ve been inspired by this man and moved by him. He’s the first person who ever made me blush. I turned as red as an apple when I first met him and then instantly felt at ease – we started talking like we’d known each other forever. He believes in people.”
The actress also admitted that while she didn’t get involved with the film industry for the awards and accolades, winning Oscars in 1999 for Boys Don’t Cry – in which she portrayed a transgender man – and also Million Dollar Baby rendered her “speechless”.
Hilary explained: “I didn’t become an actor for those reasons but it’s something that leaves you speechless – to be recognized in a field that you’ve always dreamed of being a part of, to have your peers and critics give you something that is the epitome. I don’t even know how to explain what it feels like. I don’t know if it’s ever really sunk in. I look at my Academy Awards and I’m just in awe of the fact that I’ve had the chance to play such rich, deep, emotional people when there aren’t a lot of great roles like that for women.”
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