Evangeline Lilly Quotes

I have been accused of never saying no.

You can always find a reason to say no. It's the easiest vote. It's also not exactly a red badge of courage.

It's always scarier saying 'No.' As an actress, I can say 'Yes' to more. But sometimes, as a stunt-woman, I have to say 'No.'

I am the center of attention in my job every single day; the thought of a wedding to me is exhausting. Why would I put myself through that?

I'm independent. If a guy is too clingy or needy, I actually get afraid of hurting him - and I can't deal with that.

I know who I am, I know what I can and can't do. I know what I will and won't do. I know what I'm capable of and I don't agree to do things that I don't think I can pull off.

Too many of us fail to fulfill our needs because we say no rather than yes, or perhaps later in life, yes when we should say no.

I just think of everything I do and how happy it will make me to do it. I don't like having my photograph taken, for instance, so I don't do that often.

My great fear has always been complete and utter failure. Hence, you see, all the dispossessed people in my fiction, and why I try to earn as much money as I can. It's a defense. I don't enjoy it or do anything with it.

I'm more afraid of marriage than death.

Television is populated with commitment-phobes.

I've definitely been in relationships with friends where I wanted to do something different than I know a friend has. It's that complicated balance between wanting to do what you know is right for you and not wanting to hurt someone's feelings.

I am very indecisive. I'm always afraid of making the wrong decision.

I am not very good with relationships. With anyone. I can't be locked up with anyone for too long.

I won't put myself in a position where I'm vulnerable.

Because I am afraid of commitment. This movie certainly has some bearing and is some reflection of my real feeling about relationships, because I do have commitment issues. My friends tell me I have intimacy problems, but they don't know me, so who cares what they think?

I'm a little commitment phobic, in that I've always been someone who likes to take things one year at a time because as we all know, a year can change everything in your life.

That common cold of the male psyche, fear of commitment.

I made a conscious decision not to date actors.

People accuse me of being Methody, but I'm not at all. The one thing I don't want people to see is me. I don't want them to be able to recognize my faults and failures and qualities, and I won't use those things to spark off emotions or to illustrate.

If you make decisions based upon people's reactions or judgments then you make really boring choices.

There are things that I would avoid, so I have the choice to say no, when I feel I'm repeating myself too much. But then there could be a reason to do that with a good director. So I think actors have to have a loose philosophy.

I'm no different to anyone else; I want people to like me. I just don't particularly want them to understand me.

And the inner dynamics of Hollywood are like politics. Say you give a script to a group of executives - they all sit around, afraid to voice an opinion, saying nothing, waiting to know what the consensus is. Just like focus groups, opinion polls or a cabinet.

I'm a very brave person. I can go to North Vietnam, I can challenge my government, but I can't challenge the man I'm with if means I'm going to end up alone.