Hilary with on screen hubby Gerard Butler Credit: Warner Bros.

You don't mess with hot, Oscar-winning actress Hilary Swank. She's got those Million Dollar Baby abs and she could probably deck you! Hilary shows a softer side in her new romantic dramady P.S. I Love You in which she plays a young widow trying to start a new life with the help of her best pals and her husband's letters. We wanted to talk about working with Gerard Butler, her philosophy of love and loss and more.

Hilary takes on a variety of roles; everything from her Oscar-winning performance as a girl who wants to be a guy in Boys Don't Cry to a myth-busting ex-minister in the creepy The Reaping. Next year you can catch her as the legendary aviatrix Amelia Earhart in Amelia. We've always found Hilary to be very funny, approachable and candid. She brought her teen niece Amanda to our interview to observe the process and introduced her.

Amanda looked cute and casual but Hilary was a dressy knock-out with her new chin-length bob and wearing a Lanvin dark blue satin, military influenced shirt dress with a tight pencil skirt. Her jewelry included some great gold bangles and small diamond hoop earrings. And, wow, some very high, black Jimmy Choo heels with cute zippers on the sides. Since Hilary's character in the movie enjoys designing shoes, we started with the footwear question....