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I like fantasy. I like worlds where sometimes you need the special effects to make it come alive, but it's not so fun acting it.

Evangeline Lilly

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Evangeline Lilly
Age: 45
Born: 1979
Born: August 3
Actor
Film Actor
Film Actress
Flight Attendant
Model
Nicole Evangeline Lilly
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Fantasy
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Effects
Make
Fun
Like
Special
World
Alive
Acting
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Worlds

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I was fortunate enough to be one of those stories where I was scouted on the street by somebody and actually refused to go to the agency, and was approached on different occasions and finally kind of caved and said, 'OK, I'll try it and see what happens.
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I started to do everything I could to succeed, but found that the more successful I became, the less people liked me.
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I try my very hardest to remember that I don't have to be anything but Evangeline. That's all that's expected of me. And if I try to be more or less, I will fall flat on my face. So if I just continue to hold my head high and keep myself in check, I'm being who I was born to be.
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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.
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