I felt like I was a good woman, a good person. But I was sinking deeper and deeper into depression, because my soul wasn't living. I was purposely holding down my soul and my spirit. It was dying inside of me. Evangeline Lilly More Quotes by Evangeline Lilly More Quotes From Evangeline Lilly 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? Evangeline Lilly canceroilwind It's not your circumstances that make or break your day. It's your attitude! Evangeline Lilly make-or-breakbreakattitude I think doing a female Elf in the Woodland realm was a bit safer, because we haven't met one of those yet. Evangeline Lilly metsfemalethinking I started to do everything I could to succeed, but found that the more successful I became, the less people liked me. Evangeline Lilly succeedsuccessfulpeople 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. Evangeline Lilly suicidemotivationalinspirational 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. Evangeline Lilly feminismtryingmen 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." Evangeline Lilly actingsimpleyears I've had boyfriends complain, "Wait, you don't want to see me?" No, I don't. I just want to hang out by myself. So screw off. Evangeline Lilly waitingcomplainingwant There is a little bit of evil in all of us, and it's very easy to draw that out. Evangeline Lilly evileasylittles If your home is peaceful, then you're going to go out in your day peacefully. Evangeline Lilly peacefulifshome I cried myself to sleep wishing I was ugly because men leered and disrespected me. Evangeline Lilly sleeplovemen One of the great pleasures of working in Middle Earth is you get to be another being. Evangeline Lilly middle-earthpleasureearth When I pick a role, one of the things that I aspire to is that somebody's parent will come up to me after the film has come out and say, "My daughter idealizes that character. You're her hero." That's what I aim for. We're in the business of making heroes. Evangeline Lilly daughterherocharacter In your 20s you can be pretty, but you don't accomplish real beauty until you find wisdom and depth. Evangeline Lilly real-beautydepthreal I love my home. It's the only thing I really spend money on. I don't really spend a lot of money on anything else. No fancy cars. No designer clothes. Evangeline Lilly fancy-carsclotheshome I have these huge, pointed ears. They're like three times the size of Orlando Bloom's ears. And I think he has ear envy, I love my ears. Evangeline Lilly envythreethinking I've had to find my sanity. Evangeline Lilly sanity The world is full of opportunities, and I want to try as many as I possibly can. Evangeline Lilly opportunitytryingworld I love getting older! I really believe that a woman doesn't reach her peak until her 40s. Evangeline Lilly getting-oldgetting-olderbelieve I haven't sat down and memorized the language of Elvish, and anyone who does that is crazy! Evangeline Lilly down-andcrazydoe
