When I was a swimmer and I would lose a heat in something I was doing whether it backstroke or breaststroke, were two of my most strongest strokes, I would look at how whoever it was that won and beat me and think, "What did they do? What were... What were the qualities that they had that I can incorporate into my swimming to make me better?"

My most annoying question is "Hilary, are you ever going to play a pretty girl?"

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

As a producer, you really have - you're able to hand-pick all the talent that you want to be surrounded with.

I haven't tucked a sock in my pants for three years.

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

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