291 Quotes by Evangeline Lilly

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.

I was a good student, I was good at soccer, I was vice president of the student council, I was a pretty girl.

'The Hobbit' didn't include female characters at all and was a very linear story, a book for children, really.

Diets are a fool’s errand. I eat something sweet every day, whether it’s chocolate or a cookie. If I don’t, I guarantee you that there’s going to be a day every week when I’m going to stuff myself, especially if it’s PMS time.

My heart is in helping people and in the less materialistic side of things, but there's the side of me that's more polished.

'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.

I'm good at looking good with weapons and stunts. But if you put a bull's eye in front of me and asked me to hit it, I'd say the chances of me hitting it are about one in a million!

My valentine is always my dad.

There are so many roles on TV that I don't covet. I see them, and I'm glad I don't have to play them.