Evangeline Lilly Quotes

I don't mind doing occasional guest appearances on shows, but I have other things I'd like to do in my life now.

I always thought I'd be a coach, but I'm still open to everything.

I know where I'm going to be, I'm not traveling here and there and everywhere. That didn't necessarily prompt me to it but it definitely opened up my mind of saying okay, maybe this is a good time to do this.

I wanted very badly to be a mum. I'm a very maternal person. But at the point that I met Emilio I was focusing on a career. I never would have thought that I would get married at 21 and much less be a mum by 23.

The hardest thing in life to learn is which bridge to cross and which to burn.

I don't really know if I want to do acting as a career. I really don't know what I want to do yet.

In 10 years, I don't really know what I'll be, and I like not having any idea. I like the idea of being so passionate about everything I do and the fact that I might wake up tomorrow and say 'I want to be a chef,' and just pour myself into that.

The worst question is, 'Where do you see yourself in five years?' I don't know. Variety is the spice of life. That's the best way to describe it.

LIfe has got all those twists and turns. You've got to hold on tight and off you go.

I just said yes to opportunities that came my way.

I still think I'm going to do something else when I grow up.

I never intended to box forever, and always planned to move on to do other things.

There's a lot of things more than baseball that I want to do.

If you never budge, don't expect a push.

I didn't want to go to college. I wanted to move to Los Angeles right out of high school.

It's about pursuing it rather than waiting to see what comes along. That's partly because I found myself getting typecast, as everyone does unless they pursue roles that are very different from what they've done before.

I don't know if acting is what I want to do for the rest of my life, it's just what I've, you know, ended up doing when I was little, and I've kinda grown up with it.

I don't think I'll be making documentaries my whole life.

I won't say I've closed the door on acting.

I have goals that I want to reach, but you can never plan what's going to happen next.

I remember when I was 12, talking with my friends about what we wanted to do with our lives, astronauts, forensic detectives, all these different jobs. And the only thing I could think was an actor.

There's always constantly interesting things to do, and who knows, maybe I will be a good sculptor. I haven't decided what I am going to do next, but I am not going to quit just because I did something interesting.

The thing with me is, if I wake up one morning and I'm not happy working as an actress, I'll stop. It's not something I have to do. It's not a vocation.

At the end of the day, I want to spend time with my daughter, and this schedule enables me to do that while still having fun hosting '106 & Park.' I'm not really eager to get back into music just yet; I'm really eager to get into another movie before I put out an album.

Thankfully, dreams can change. If we'd all stuck with our first dream, the world would be overrun with cowboys and princesses.