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Hilary Swank Says Hollywood Was ‘More Patriarchal Than Ever’ When She First Started Acting: ‘I Just Don’t Like Being Told How to Be Feminine’
Hilary Swank says Hollywood was 'was more patriarchal than ever' when she first started acting.
In a recent sit down with Women’s Heath, the “Million Dollar Baby” star said that when she first started acting, Hollywood “was more patriarchal than ever,” which made it difficult to fully embody her roles. Swank, a two-time Oscar winner, earned her first Academy Award for her leading role in 1999’s “Boys Don’t Cry,” in which she played a transgender teen trying to navigate adolescence in rural Nebraska. When asked what it was like to win her first Academy Award at 25, Swank said it was “like I was shot out of a cannon.” She went on to add that if she could give some advice to her younger self, she would say, “‘Take a breath for a second.’ I’d say to really ruminate on the choices that you’re making every day.
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