Evangeline Lilly Quotes

This is what I've always wanted to do ever since I was a little girl. Coming from dance and theater and what was accessible to me in my hometown, it was all I did after school and on the weekends. The idea of making my hobby into my job was the ultimate quest.

I always knew I wanted to be an actor, certainly from the age of eight or nine. I think when you know what you want to do, you're very lucky because you've got a focus.

I am one of the lucky people in the world: I found something I always wanted to do, and I have enjoyed every single minute of it.

I washed dishes so I could make movies. it was never a way for me to make money.

If you can find a way to make a living doing something you enjoy, or a range of things that you enjoy, then it can scarcely be called work.

Making films has never just been a job to me; it is my life. I have some interests outside of acting - I sing and I've written books, for instance - but acting is what keeps me going: it's what I do; it gives life purpose.

I no longer look at my life and times in the motion picture industry as my career. I just look at it now as something I like and want to do.

I don't want only a career.

A lot of people don't enjoy their job, they may even hate it, but I am lucky enough to be able to make a living through my passion.

If there is a job that you feel passionate about, do what you can to pursue that job; if there is a purpose about which you are passionate, dedicate yourself to that purpose.

More than anything, I just think about what roles I take on and make sure that it's really something that I feel passionate about if I'm going to leave home and go work.

I live every day the job that I dreamed of as a boy.

If you're on Earth as a single-purpose engine, and there's only one thing you want to do for the rest of your life, have at it.

I never really thought about what kind of career I wanted to map out for myself. I just wanted to do work that spoke to my heart. 'Atlanta' definitely did that.

Folks should find what really inspires them; they should always pursue what they want to do.

I already knew that this is what I'm gonna do during my life because martial arts, for me, it's not just my job. It's not just the way to get some money. Of course it's important.

I never choose jobs because of what I think I should do. I want to feel something. And with 'Beast,' it was very much like that.

I think as long as acting feels fulfilling and continues to feel fulfilling, it's worth it to me.

Music is what I always dreamed of doing. But at a certain point in my career, they convinced me to act, and that started me acting.

I did not become an actor to earn money - that I could have done it in my village by becoming a farmer. I wanted to show my craft, which I am so passionate about.

Music never felt like a job.

I don't want to take up a project for the sake of it. I want to work and follow my passion, and not anything else.

There are a lot of things that people love, they just can't do for a living.

It's a blessing to find a project you feel you have to make or you'll die.

I've got the coolest job in the world.