Evangeline Lilly Quotes

My writing was liberated once I abandoned acting.

I'd always need a creative outlet. But sometimes, I do fantasize what my life would be like if I weren't famous.

For me, I would prefer to not have my face on the album cover. I don't mind being in the public, but it's just not really my personality, and it's not really why I'm into this. I like making art, and that's it. I don't really want to be a celebrity, seriously. I like my privacy.

You won't find me at parties or the openings of movies and I don't hang around with David Beckham and Kanye West. So the paparazzi leave me alone, which means that I can do my shows, write music and then live a normal life.

I got into this business because I like acting and I want to make movies. I would be happy living the rest of my life never famous.

I get recognized now and again, but the paparazzi aren't following me around. I get to go to the shop and buy bread and milk, and no one worries me.

I like to hide behind the characters I play. Despite the public perception, I am a very private person who has a hard time with the fame thing.

I would rather give up acting than become world famous, because I think you pay a very high price. Writing and putting new plays out into the world has informed what I do, and I've had a lot more freedom to play really interesting parts.

A writer is supposed to have anonymity.

Acting was the place where I could be free and feel confident.

I've had time to taste fame, but I definitely lean towards being the kind of actor where I'm happy to be able to walk down the street and go to the corner store and not get hassled.

I learned that if you can proceed with a level of anonymity while still pursuing the thing you love, that's the dream.

Whatever I want to do or say, I get to do it on the silver screen, so in normal life I don't feel the necessity to do or say anything.

But I'm more of a recluse when it comes down to being a writer and being a creative person rather than being a celebrity.

Writing is the only place I can be myself and not feel judged.

I started to write songs. And I started to like what I was writing. I think it's a new way for me to express things that are closer to myself than when I play a role, because, of course, it's really not me. I'm finding a new way. I don't know what it's going to be. But I know that I will need to give it to people one day.

For me to write I have to be, a, alone, and b, know that nobody is going to question me. I write the way a thief steals; it's a little covert.

I like the fact that I can go away and lose myself so I don't have to live in the world of courage that everyone else does. I like creating, it's what I do, and acting allows me to stretch all those different muscles in all kinds of ways. That's pretty cool.

You could be anybody when you're writing. That's the reason that I'm writing: to be anybody. You can put your feet in various shoes and experience anything.

It's a wonderful thing to be able to create your own world whenever you want to.

Sometimes I go out disguised, but people still recognize me, so I find there is no point in even trying. It would be nice to get away from it, from time to time, but the fact is, there is no place on earth where I can go unrecognized.

Writing is showbusiness for shy people. That's how I see it.

It's fascinating to be in a place where no one has ever heard of me.

When you're an artist, all you're trying to do is self-express.