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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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Evangeline Lilly
Age: 45
Born: 1979
Born: August 3
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Nicole Evangeline Lilly
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I adore having people over to my home. My number one reason I love that is because I love to see people at ease with each other.
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Outside of acting, the person that I admire the most is my mother.
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I don't want everyone to think of me as just 'that kid who called Jesse Jackson a communist in middle school.' That's why I decided to become a famous actress.
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I can still go grocery shopping and not get mobbed. But when I was in South Africa this summer, I had people asking for autographs, and that scared me.
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One of the great pleasures of working in Middle Earth is you get to be another being.
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I would love to pretend I don't diet, but I work very hard. I stay active and eat very healthy. Anybody who says otherwise is either unhealthy or lying! I will admit that I'm addicted to sugar - licorice, Jujubees and jelly candies. And I actually love bran muffins!
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I didn't grow up in a home that glorified Hollywood. We didn't watch TV. We didn't have a lot of magazines around.
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I tended to be a solitary young girl, and I still am. I would like to find a quiet corner and color in my coloring book. When I think back, I made that corner mine, not really caring about the rest of the house.
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Truthfully, I love being in the jungle. I love it when the make-up artists come to set, they come equipped with dirt and sweat. I spend my days climbing trees and I can crawl out of bed and walk on set and that's exactly all I have to look like.
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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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Nature inspires us. Not being able to reach out and touch it, or see it, makes me get really antsy.
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I just wanted friends. I just wanted people to like me. I just wanted for things to be simple and good. So, for five years I actively sought out mediocrity.
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My family didn't have a lot of money, and I'm grateful for that. Money is the longest route to happiness.
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I enjoy the idea that even though I'm resting, I'm accomplishing something by reading a book.
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