“I'm a bit of a pick-pocket on-set. If something is small enough to go ...” — Evangeline Lilly Quote

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.

I love getting older! I really believe that a woman doesn't reach her peak until her 40s.

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.

I'm a bit delusional, but every time I do a job, I think I'm retired.

I have an American son and an American partner, so marriage might logistically make sense at one point. My partner is a stay-at-home father, so if he wants to be on my health plan, or tax wise, or maybe on paper we want to have our I's dotted and our T's crossed, but emotionally, neither of us really feels the need for it.

The memory of things gone is important to a jazz musician.

Time hurries by, we're here and gone.

I had gone to law school thinking that I would do something in the service of black people.

I felt 'Gone with the Wind' would last five years, and it's lasted over 70 and into a new millennium. There is a special place in my heart for that film and Melanie. She was a remarkable character - a loving person - and because of that, she was a happy person. And Scarlett, of course, was not.

Not lost, but gone before.