“I like to be around people who make me laugh. It's one of my favorite things on a set. I hate it when people take themselves serious in a film set.” PeopleFilmHateLaughingSeriousI HateMy FavoriteFavorites ThingsMake Me LaughFilm Set Author:Evangeline Lilly
“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.” CharacterFilmParentRolesHeroPicksDaughterAimCome UpMy DaughterAspire Author:Evangeline Lilly
“That is the greatest source of my anxiety on this film [The Hobbit], is that I'm going to be lynched.” FilmSourceAnxiety Author:Evangeline Lilly
“I was a die-hard fan of these books [The Hobbit] before the films ever came out. And when I say die-hard, I wasn't the person who could speak Elvish, but I really loved them.” PersonsBookHardFilmDiesSpeakFans Author:Evangeline Lilly
“I wasn't actually going to see the original film [Lord of the Ring], because I didn't think it was possible that a film could represent the books appropriately. So I was protesting, and I wasn't going to see them. And then my family all took a jaunt together, the entire family, to see the movies, and were like, "What, you're just going to stay home?" So I saw the movies and was thoroughly impressed that Peter Jackson managed to make my vision of the book come to life, as well as my sister's and my father's, and my aunt's and my uncle's, everyone's.” ThinkingWellsBookHomeTogetherFilmFatherVisionLordSawsMy FamilyOriginalsRingsMy SisterPeterImpressedUnclesAuntLord Of The Ring Author:Evangeline Lilly
“If you watch a film from beginning to end, with no women in it, it's really difficult.” IfsEndsFilmDifficultWatches Author:Evangeline Lilly
“I don't know if any of you feel this way, but it's like eventually, you see a woman come on screen and you go, "Oh, thank God!" You just sort of need a break from all this testosterone, which happened, I think, in one of my films, The Hurt Locker. I was in it for like five minutes, and people were like, "You were in that movie!" And I was like, "Well, kind of." And they were like, "No, you were!" 'Cause they needed a woman!” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWayNeedsFeelsWellsKindFilmCausesHurtBreakFiveHappenedMinutesLike YouNeededScreensThank GodFive MinutesLockersTestosteroneHurt Locker Author:Evangeline Lilly
