Quote by Evangeline Lilly
The people on my mums side of the family are atheist intellectuals

The people on my mums side of the family are atheist intellectuals who are ueber-proper. My dads 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. – Evangeline Lilly

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Even if youre unhappy, just pretend that youre happy. Eventually, your smile will be contagious to yourself. I had to learn that. I used to think, Im being fake, but you know what? Better to be fake and happy than real and miserable. – Evangeline Lilly

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To put it simply – you know, a lot of people believe that the benefit of this job is fame and fortune. I believe that you pay for the fortune through the fame. I dont buy into the notion that being famous is somehow a good thing, or an exciting thing, or a wonderful thing. – Evangeline Lilly

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Im 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

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I dont deal with death very well. My brother, John Candy, my dad, my mom, Brandon Tartikoff just a couple of weeks ago. I mean, you lose a lot of people in your life, and thats one thing I am constantly working on – pain management. – James Belushi

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My dad is a really honest, hardworking, straight guy. – Joe Lando

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In fact, I had the idea because of Peter Falk. I saw my dad watching a Peter Falk movie and something clicked in my head. I gotta go make a movie for Peter Falk and me. – Paul Reiser

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My mom and dad met at UCLA when he as a captain in the Air Force and she was in her junior year. – Tracy Austin

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