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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.

Evangeline Lilly

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Evangeline Lilly
Age: 45
Born: 1979
Born: August 3
Actor
Film Actor
Film Actress
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Nicole Evangeline Lilly
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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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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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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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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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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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Nature inspires us. Not being able to reach out and touch it, or see it, makes me get really antsy.
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Even though I'm resting I'm accomplishing something by sewing that shirt that I've been meaning to sew for weeks. And it's relaxing. It's so very meditative and quiet and enjoyable. But at least I'm producing something. I'm being productive in some way. I have a very hard time being completely idle.
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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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I think one of the things that is easy to have happened in a superhero story is that the female character, whether she be a heroine or not, can often be the wart on the man.
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I always wear something slightly masculine.
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My bedroom is my sanctuary. It's the only place in the house that has a beautiful lush shag rug, which is my favorite.
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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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There is a little bit of evil in all of us, and it's very easy to draw that out.
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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 like to be around people who make me laugh. It's one of my favorite things on a set. I hate it when people take themselves serious in a film set.
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In your 20s you can be pretty, but you don't accomplish real beauty until you find wisdom and depth.
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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 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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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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