My partner doesn't read. He's not illiterate - he just chooses not to read - and I love reading. I'm obsessed with reading.
— Evangeline Lilly
Your mind and soul are the kings of your physique way more than any exercise you do.
When I was 14 years old, I was crazy about Dr. Seuss. I loved the words he made up, and I just thought, 'Well, if he can make up words, then I can make up words.'
I spent a lot of time in the clouds. Becoming a mother has really helped me put my feet on the ground and given me a very powerful sense of self and a powerful sense of priority in life.
It's a surprisingly sacrificial job being an actor.
It is a very frustrating thing to be the face of a creative project and yet essentially have zero creative control over that project. Essentially, you're a pawn in the system.
I am an opportunist. When opportunities come, and I see them serving my grander goals in life, I take them.
If you go back to, say, the Brothers Grimm or Roald Dahl, you see so much darkness in children's material.
I love to dance. Don't get me started, because you will never get me to stop.
I see kids and young adults walking the streets of L.A. with this enormous sense of entitlement, who seem to think that if they are basically good people and pay their bills, then the world will be good back to them. And I think life isn't always like that.
If you can't sit in a cafe quietly and be ignored, how can you observe human nature and write a story?
There are so many reasons why, for me, writing is superior to acting. One of them is anonymity. Writers can live relatively normal lives.
The reality is when you open a door, there is no sense in closing it - so I would never say, 'I'll never act again.' But it's definitely not my priority.
On 'Ant-Man', I took a rubber stamp from the office of Hank Pym, who's played by Michael Douglas.
I love getting older!
Motherhood is a joy! I have dreamed about being a mother since I was 12 years old, and there's nothing disappointing about it.
If you are not a clearly defined human being, it is very hard to define your image... What I've realized in my own journey in fashion is that I'm not that defined.
Everyone thinks they can cure stress by adding to their schedule, like going to yoga. Oh, great - one more thing to feel guilty about when you can't do it.
I'm not a highly social person. I'm a highly productive person.
Saying 'no' is not hard for me; it's scarier for me to say 'yes.' I'm actually more afraid of commitment than of saying 'no.'
I'm a bit delusional, but every time I do a job, I think I'm retired.
There are some 'Star Treks' I love, and there are some I don't love.
If I went for too long without writing, I would start to feel like something inside me was dying.
It would be amazing to play Sylvia Plath. She was so dark, and what came out of her writing was troubled and fierce. The dimensions, levels, layers and levels would be incredible to take on.
I think of the 'Hobbit' films as being films for the family.
When I hear the words 'Women should be barefoot and pregnant and in the kitchen,' I think, 'What. A. Dream.' There are no negative connotations to it.
I don't want to shield kids from reality.
I just don't think that a lot of the time the messages we send kids prepare them for real life.
Around the time I graduated from high school, I decided better to underachieve and have friendship than to overachieve and be alone.
Walking is a very underestimated exercise in North America. It's all run hard, lift weights and push your body, but walking is wonderful for elongating the body and posture.
I'm a bit of a pick-pocket on-set. If something is small enough to go in my pocket, and it will be neat memorabilia, it's gone.
We're not going to protect the Earth the way we need to protect it if we don't stop making so many babies.
I am a classy dame.
I do feel like I'm at ease in my own skin when I find an androgynous balance.
Diets are a fool's errand.
By rights, I should be an out-of-work actress because I just don't want it as badly as some people want it.
After about five hours of pushing, my midwife and my birthing assistant said, 'You know, we have a few suggestions.' And I was like, 'Really? After five hours of pushing you have a few suggestions? You couldn't have told me five minutes in?'
When I act, I come away drained. When I write, I come away energized.
I do love 'Star Wars,' although I'm not one of those crazy fans who knows everything about everyone.
I've been astounded to discover how good to their teams and crew that Marvel are. They're so collaborative, so smart with their stories. They have rich, dynamic characters which are so much fun to play.
I don't want to just model. Anyone can do that. I've let myself be in magazines in the past without participating as much as I should have.
For a human audience, seeing things that are slightly more otherworldly and beyond human power is always really fun and exciting to watch.
Believe me, there is nothing more rewarding than making Peter Jackson chuckle.
Wonder Woman was my favorite superhero as a little girl. I still have a huge girl crush on Wonder Woman; I think she's amazing.
A creative project is a moving target. You never end up where you start.
If one day a TV series comes into my head, and that is what I want to write, I'll write it. It just depends what story is in my brain at the time.
I dance around my living room to cheesy '80s aerobics music until I'm sweating really hard!
I really believe that a woman doesn't reach her peak until her 40s.
My son is wonderful. He is amazing.
Every woman is after a kind of classy image.
