“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
“I just wanted friends. I just wanted people to like me. I just wanted for things to be simple and good. So, for five years I actively sought out mediocrity.” PeopleYearsWantedSimpleFiveLike MeFive YearsMediocrity Author:Evangeline Lilly
“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."” WantYearsSaidSimpleActingFiveFive YearsNot InterestedAdolescenceModelingSimple LifeSpotlight Author:Evangeline Lilly
“When I was little, I attended five different elementary schools. My parents are very restless people, which is probably where I get my own nomadic lifestyle from.” PeopleLittlesDifferentSchoolParentMy OwnFiveLifestyleRestlessElementary SchoolNomadic Author:Evangeline Lilly
“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.” MenYearsFiveFive YearsPicky Author:Evangeline Lilly
“My dad's side of the family are missionaries who are more comfortable sitting around in sweatpants than they are in a five-star restaurant. But those two influences converged in my life. My heart is in helping people and in the less materialistic side of things, but there's the side of me that's more polished. If I were to live in Africa, serving the poor, the number-one thing I'd miss wouldn't be running water or electricity—it would be style...being able to get dressed up and feel beautiful.” PeopleIfsFeelsHeartTwoHelpingWould BeRunningAbleBeautifulStarsSidesWaterPoorNumbersFiveOne ThingInfluenceMissingStyleDadMy HeartComfortableSittingMy DadRestaurantsServingElectricityHelping PeopleMaterialisticPolishedSitting AroundDressed UpFeeling BeautifulRunning WaterSweatpants Author:Evangeline Lilly
“The people on my mum's side of the family are atheist intellectuals who are ueber-proper. My dad's side of the family are missionaries who are more comfortable sitting around in sweatpants than they are in a five-star restaurant. But those two influences converged in my life.” PeopleTwoStarsSidesFiveInfluenceDadComfortableSittingMy DadAtheistRestaurantsMumSitting AroundSweatpants Author:Evangeline Lilly
