Acting is something I appreciate, and I think it's been an amazing experience. But I'm not passionate about acting the way you probably should be to call yourself an actor.

— Evangeline Lilly

Around the time I graduated from high school, I decided better to underachieve and have friendship than to overachieve and be alone.

— Evangeline Lilly

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

I definitely come down on the spiritual side. I think very few things in life happen by chance.

— Evangeline Lilly

If you can't sit in a café quietly and be ignored, how can you observe human nature and write a story?

— Evangeline Lilly

I had my baby outside in a thunderstorm. It was really romantic.

— Evangeline Lilly

I have an American son and an American partner, so marriage might logistically make sense at one point. My partner is a stay-at-home father, so if he wants to be on my health plan, or tax wise, or maybe on paper we want to have our I's dotted and our T's crossed, but emotionally, neither of us really feels the need for it.

— Evangeline Lilly

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

— Evangeline Lilly

I'm from Canada, and New Zealand feels like you took all the best bits of Canada and squished them onto a tiny island like Hawaii. I was absolutely blown away by the beauty of the South Island.

— Evangeline Lilly

In your 20s you can be pretty, but you don't accomplish real beauty until you find wisdom and depth.

— Evangeline Lilly