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To put it simply - you know, a lot of people believe that the bene

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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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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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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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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Im actually about as famous as a fourth division footballer from the 70s. – Dylan Moran

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Im in that comfortable niche where Im not that famous and sometimes people do need to put a barrier between them and their followers. When youre real famous you need to do that but Im not that famous so I dont need that kind of barrier. – Tony Levin

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I could have been a dental hygienist with nothing bad ever appearing in print about me, but thats not how Ive chosen to lead my life. I knew that you put yourself under a microscope the more famous you become. – Julia Roberts

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For famous men have the whole earth as their memorial. – Pericles

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