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

Evangeline Lilly

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Evangeline Lilly
Age: 45
Born: 1979
Born: August 3
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Nicole Evangeline Lilly
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You can't have a movie with a group of people that are significant players in the story, that push forward the plot, without introducing at least one or two of them.
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The way I've been able to embrace fame is by realizing that celebrity is just a means to send whatever message you want out into the world.
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There is a little bit of evil in all of us, and it's very easy to draw that out.
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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 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.
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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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Originally, I wanted to do humanitarian work. I actually feel that getting into acting, which fate has led me to, is my window and path into humanitarian work. I always said I want to do something important. And I feel this work is what's helping me get there.
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I decided I wanted to be a painter, and then that moved into wanting to be an animator. By adolescence, I just wanted it to be something that was important...something that would make a difference in people's lives or leave an imprint in history.
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I am who I am and I am what I am. And it's beautiful. And it's okay even if it doesn't look like the sexiest Victoria Secret model. It also boils down to my interactions with people.
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When I was young I was soft spoken and a little bit timid and passive. My dream then was to be a ballerina or a figure skater - something very delicate.
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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.
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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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When I got old enough to date, I realized that Valentine's Day is just a commercial marketing scam to make men feel bad. So I let my boyfriends off the hook.
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I just really like ants, and I really like science. I was interested and curious about the quantum world and the physics behind how it all works.
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I don't know why, but the warmth and the comfort of flickering light help. And a fire, in the fireplace or on the beach, is very comforting. I think when you make something consistent and familiar, it helps. I light candles every single night in my home.
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I think men don't know what they want, so the idea of not knowing what they're getting makes it a little easier on them.
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I'm a good Canadian girl. I miss all that good stuff. I miss tobogganing and I miss snowboarding, but I've also learned to surf and I've become a water baby which I used to be relatively terrified of the water and I kayak all the time now and I'm able to run year round on the beach which you can't obviously do in Canada.
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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.
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I eventually want to come back to Canada, to disappear, have nobody know me, and just be a writer and do what I want to do.
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Every night I bring home flowers and burn candles. And I have a real sense that home is what starts everything inside of you.
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