Evangeline Lilly Quotes & Sayings

“Even if you're unhappy, just pretend that you're happy. Eventually, your smile will be contagious to yourself. I had to learn that. I used to think, 'I'm being fake,' but you know what? Better to be fake and happy than real and miserable.”

“I'm very proud of being a woman, and as a woman, I don't even like the word 'feminism' because when I hear that word, I associate it with women trying to pretend to be men, and I'm not interested in trying to pretend to be a man. I don't want to embrace manhood; I want to embrace my womanhood.”

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

“Every woman is after a kind of classy image.”

“I am a classy dame.”

“As a filmmaker, you have to understand the essence of the book and tell the story you want to see on the screen, and hopefully please yourself - because you can't possibly please everyone.”

“I'm very picky when it comes to men. I come across a man who I'm really attracted to about once every five years.”

“I'm a very stubborn woman and I'm from a very stubborn family of headstrong women. I have sisters, so the women rule the coop in my house.”

“I just like short hair on women; I think it's cool.”

“I was a massive Tolkien fan. 'The Hobbit' was... my favorite book as a little girl, and the Silvan Elves were my favorite characters in the book.”