Evangeline Lilly
"The people on my mum's side of the family are atheist intellectuals who are ueber-proper. My dad's 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."
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"Even if you're unhappy, just pretend that you're happy. Eventually, your smile will be contagious to yourself. I had to learn that. I used to think, 'I'm being fake,' but you know what? Better to be fake and happy than real and miserable."
"My heart is in helping people and in the less materialistic side of things, but there's the side of me that's more polished."
"I was a good student, I was good at soccer, I was vice president of the student council, I was a pretty girl."
"In your 20s you can be pretty, but you don't accomplish real beauty until you find wisdom and depth."
"I think I'm not always what I seem. Most people, when they get to know me, say, 'You know, when I first met you...' People initially think I'm a snob because I'm intensely private."