Hilary Swank’s Teacher Almost Put Her Off Acting
HILARY Swank almost gave up on her acting dream — after one of her teachers made a disparaging remark about her skills.
The award-winning actress says she often takes negative criticism to heart.
“I had one teacher who asked me when was I going to give up my ‘hobby,’” Swank recalled. “Everyone’s going to have an opinion when you’re pursuing your dream. I had someone tell me I was too half-hour when I was trying to get into drama.
“But some of them can be constructive. I think you have to learn how to decipher what’s constructive and what you can take in to incorporate into being a better actor or help you be successful. As actors, we wear our hearts on our sleeves. It’s easy to have that bad stuff that’s thrown at you.”
Swank — who plays American aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart in new movie Amelia – recently revealed that she constantly feels picked on for her looks.
“Being an actor means we’re constantly being objectified and things are thrown at us, what we look like and how we should look, and we’re not this enough and we’re not that enough so it’s easy to look at yourself in those terms,” she said.
“It is such a shame because ultimately there are so many different ways in which a person is beautiful.”
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