291 Quotes by Evangeline Lilly

I think doing a female Elf in the Woodland realm was a bit safer, because we haven’t met one of those yet.

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.

I know I can never work in a comedy because I can’t keep a goddamn straight face.

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.

I’m very sensitive. Emotionally, I bruise very easily. I’m a Leo, and this is very characteristic of our sign.

I just don’t think that a lot of the time the messages we send kids prepare them for real life.

Ironically, when I hit adolescence, I was approached about modeling and acting all the time. And, for five years, I said, “No, I’m not interested. I want a simple life, I don’t want to be in the spotlight.”

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.

I love getting older! I really believe that a woman doesn’t reach her peak until her 40s.