Marriage breakdown helped Hilary Swank find new love

Washington, September 9 : Actress Hilary Swank has accorded finding love again to the breakdown of her marriage.

The `Million Dollar Baby' star, who announced her split with Chad Lowe in 2006, had turned to her agent John Campisi for comfort.

The Oscar-winner revealed their working relationship came to an end when they started dating.

"There was no spark. What''s interesting is, there was never anything. It wasn''t until we were well into the dissipation of our respective relationships," Contactmusic quoted her as telling Britain''s Hello magazine.

"Going through something so difficult at the same time, we became very good friends. We became closer and closer.

"It was so unexpected. We both recognised that if we were going to take the relationship to the next step, we could no longer work together," she added. (ANI)