Evangeline Lilly Quotes

I like ambiguity. I think it’s so much more interesting to play than an overtly good or an overtly evil person.

I’ve had to find my sanity.

When I was little, I attended five different elementary schools. My parents are very restless people, which is probably where I get my own nomadic lifestyle from.

Acting is something I appreciate, and I think it’s been an amazing experience. But I’m not passionate about acting the way you probably should be to call yourself an actor.

Writing is my number one passion. I’ve written two novels. I’ve written a screenplay. I also write short stories and poetry.

To put it simply – you know, a lot of people believe that the benefit of this job is fame and fortune. I believe that you pay for the fortune through the fame. I don’t buy into the notion that being famous is somehow a good thing, or an exciting thing, or a wonderful thing.

I was a die-hard fan of these books [The Hobbit] before the films ever came out. And when I say die-hard, I wasn’t the person who could speak Elvish, but I really loved them.

Money is the longest route to happiness.

The difference in my body from pre-pregnancy to post-baby was night and day. I didn’t have the strength, I didn’t have the flexibility, I didn’t have the stamina, I didn’t have the mobility. I felt like I was handicapped.

My dad’s side of the family are missionaries who are more comfortable sitting around in sweatpants than they are in a five-star restaurant. But those two influences converged in my life. My heart is in helping people and in the less materialistic side of things, but there’s the side of me that’s more polished. If I were to live in Africa, serving the poor, the number-one thing I’d miss wouldn’t be running water or electricity—it would be style…being able to get dressed up and feel beautiful.

I bought almost every single thing that I furnished my house with at the Salvation Army in Hawaii. All second hand. Some of them are kind of retro, and some of them you’d never know.

Diets are a fool’s errand. I eat something sweet every day, whether it’s chocolate or a cookie. If I don’t, I guarantee you that there’s going to be a day every week when I’m going to stuff myself, especially if it’s PMS time.