Hilary Swank opens up on becoming a mother in her late 40s

Hilary Swank says a benefit to having her twins later in life is that she gets to be more "present" in their lives.

The 51-year-old actress welcomed a son and daughter with her husband Philip Schneider in April 2023, at the age of 48, after freezing her eggs a decade earlier.

The Million Dollar Baby admits she would have probably been an entirely "different parent" if she had become a mom during the height of her acting career.

She told PEOPLE: "It just worked out that I had babies this much later in life.

"It wasn't that I didn't want them earlier. There were a lot of things that kept that from happening, and so I can really take time to be with them."

She continued: "I feel like I get a lot of Mother's Days other than actual Mother's Day because of being able to be so present with them."

Hilary had always seen children in her future.

She explained: "I knew I wanted kids someday, but I wasn't planning what that would look like.

"I know it's so different for everyone, but for me, if I had had a kid in my 20s or my 30s, I think I'd be a much different parent than I am now."