Quotes by Evangeline Lilly

About Evangeline Lilly:

Nicole Evangeline Lilly is a Canadian actress and author. She won a Screen Actors Guild Award and received a Golden Globe nomination for her role as Kate Austen in the ABC series Lost (2004-2010). She is also known for her roles in films such as the psychological thriller Afterwards (2008), the war film The Hurt Locker (2008), and the sci-fi sports drama film Real Steel (2011). She played an Elf, Tauriel, in the fantasy adventure series The Hobbit and Hope van Dyne in the superhero film Ant-Man.
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After about five hours of pushing, my midwife and my birthing assistant said, 'You know, we have a few suggestions.' And I was like, 'Really? After five hours of pushing you have a few suggestions? You couldn't have told me five minutes in?'

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Your mind and soul are the kings of your physique way more than any exercise you do.

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I always wear something slightly masculine.

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A month and a half after my first audition, I won the role on 'Lost.'

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I don't watch TV. When people at my house try to talk about TV, I'm like, 'Ah, I have no idea what I'm talking about.'

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Motherhood is a joy! I have dreamed about being a mother since I was 12 years old, and there's nothing disappointing about it.

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Walking is a very underestimated exercise in North America. It's all run hard, lift weights and push your body, but walking is wonderful for elongating the body and posture.

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When I was on 'Lost,' I used to have families who would come up to me, and they would push their little 5-year-old forward and go, 'Go say hi!' They would say, 'She's such a big fan of you and 'Lost,' and I would scold the parents. I'd tell them, 'Sh...

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It is a very frustrating thing to be the face of a creative project and yet essentially have zero creative control over that project. Essentially, you're a pawn in the system.

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'The Squickerwonkers' was the story I wrote when I was on 'The Hobbit.' And I brought it to Comic-Con and sold out a thousand copies I had printed.

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Every other 16-year-old girl wanted to look at bridal magazines; I could not have been more bored with the notion.

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I actually find flying therapeutic.

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A creative project is a moving target. You never end up where you start.

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Believe me, there is nothing more rewarding than making Peter Jackson chuckle.

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By rights, I should be an out-of-work actress because I just don't want it as badly as some people want it.

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Diets are a fool's errand.

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I consider acting a day job - it's not my dream; it's not my be-all, end-all.

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I have been a bit of a reluctant actress since the get-go, since the beginning of 'Lost.'

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I hated being a flight attendant. I did it for a month and then quit.

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I don't want to shield kids from reality.

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I don't want to just model. Anyone can do that. I've let myself be in magazines in the past without participating as much as I should have.

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Author Bio

  • NameEvangeline Lilly
  • DescriptionCanadian actress
  • BornAugust 3, 1979
  • CountryCanada
  • ProfessionActor; Model