Evangeline Lilly

My family didn't have a lot of money, and I'm grateful for that. Money is the longest route to happiness. ”

Motherhood is a joy! I have dreamed about being a mother since I was 12 years old, and there's nothing disappointing about it. ”

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. ”

I definitely come down on the spiritual side. I think very few things in life happen by chance. ”

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. ”

Around the time I graduated from high school, I decided better to underachieve and have friendship than to overachieve and be alone. ”

I'm not a highly social person. I'm a highly productive person. ”

People were fed up with reality shows about midgets getting married and weird Jerry Springer talk shows. There had been a real dry spell of intelligent family-oriented viewing: the type of program that Mom, Dad and the kids can all watch together. With 'Lost,' there are just so many characters for people to invest in. ”

I think I can allow myself one child - and from then on, I think I would have to adopt. It makes sense not to add to the population problem. ”

I was brought up in a household where I was not allowed to take the Lord's name in vain. ”