Hilary Swank in Away: A woman boldly going...
Hilary Swank chuckles as she recalls her mother’s excitement on the night of her first Oscar win. As she met the media in the minutes after getting her Academy Award for Boys Don’t Cry, Judy Swank came running towards her daughter, shoes in hand. She was moving at such a pace that security were alarmed, she laughs.
“You go backstage at the Academy Awards, after you've won, and you're doing all your press interviews. My mom comes bursting through the doors. And these security are like: ‘Ma’am. Ma’am!’She said: ‘That's my daughter!’ She had her shoes in her hands. Apparently she took her shoes off, in case I won, she needed to run down and be able to congratulate me.”
