A biography for Evangeline Lillyhasn’t been written yet.
“Everyone thinks they can cure stress by adding to their schedule, like going to yoga. Oh, great - one more thing to feel guilty about when you can't do it.”
“That's what happens in Hollywood. People are like, 'I want to hate you, because everyone else seems to love you.' But the reality is this: I'm a simple person who's not interested in attention and who just wants to go about her business.”
“If Americans could choose, would they choose to work on the infrastructure for cancer-causing oil power or would they choose to work on the infrastructure for health-reviving wind power?”
“I do feel like I'm at ease in my own skin when I find an androgynous balance.”
“I think I can allow myself one child - and from then on, I think I would have to adopt. It makes sense not to add to the population problem.”
“I'm not a girl who needs to put on a whole face of make-up before I leave the house.”
“I just don't think that a lot of the time the messages we send kids prepare them for real life.”
“I actually find flying therapeutic.”
“דווקא בגלל שחוויתי אי נוחות כל כך קשה, אני מוותרת על תסריטים שיש בהם סצנות עירום. אני לא סומכת על הצוות סביבי שידאג לסביבה נוחה ובטוחה עבורי. אני מבינה שיש לי כרגע מזל להיות בעמדה פריווילגית שמאפשרת לי להיות בררנית.”
“העבודה שלנו כשחקנים היא כמו ילדים שמשחקים באבא ואמא ותמיד חשוב ליהנות ולא לקחת הכול יותר מדי ברצינות.”
“לא משנה כמה רצינית הדמות וכמה הנסיבות אינטנסיביות, התמריץ הכי גדול שלי כשחקנית הוא פשוט הומור, יש אנשים שמתייחסים למשחק כדבר קדוש או מעשה קסמים ואותי זה מבעית כי אין לי שמץ של מושג כיצד לחולל קסמים.”
“I see kids and young adults walking the streets of L.A. with this enormous sense of entitlement, who seem to think that if they are basically good people and pay their bills, then the world will be good back to them. And I think life isn't always like that.”
“My partner doesn't read. He's not illiterate - he just chooses not to read - and I love reading. I'm obsessed with reading.”
“I dance around my living room to cheesy '80s aerobics music until I'm sweating really hard!”
“If you are not a clearly defined human being, it is very hard to define your image... What I've realized in my own journey in fashion is that I'm not that defined.”
“'Real Steel' was this lovely little piece where I held a cup of coffee and talked to Hugh Jackman for three weeks. And that sounded kind of nice.”
“I used to watch actors and say, 'You poor suckers, that job looks miserable.'”