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Evangeline Lilly to Quit Acting

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Wednesday February 10, 2010

SCREEN siren Evangeline Lilly has hinted she’s planning to quit acting.

The Lost star says she intends to “drop off the radar” when the desert island drama ends in May.

“Acting is something I appreciate, and I think it’s been an amazing experience, but I’m not passionate about acting the way you probably should be to call yourself an actor,” she said.

“I want to have some quiet space… and enjoy a little bit of normalcy again before deciding what’s next.”

Lilly — who has lived and worked in Hawaii for the six years of the castaway show — recently admitted that filming Lost has been like a prison sentence.

“I think that on a certain level, living in paradise has been a little bit of a prison for me because you don’t have a lot of freedom,” she said.

“It’s not like working in Los Angeles where you can go out to Las Vegas for the weekend and take off and get away. When we’re on the island, we’re on the island. You’re stuck and you can’t go anywhere.”

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lee
poor baby, she had to live in hawaii for all of those years. i hope when she returns to acting, she gets hired in an hbo late nite movie……these actors/actresses are ridicious…grow up and get a real job
http://thelastshow.org Karen
I remember reading when “Lost” first started that Evangeline Lilly just “happened” into acting. It was never her goal. I believe she was modeling to pay for school and she was discovered and offered the role. She was wise not to turn it down, but it sounds like she wants to get back to what she was planning to do when the acting job came her way: to be a humanitarian worker. I admire she can be multi-faceted and allow herself to be free of the expectation society would now place on her i.e. who in her right mind would give up being a star? Didn’t Frankie Muniz do just that- gave up acting to focus on another endeavor, car racing? I say, good for both of them and best of luck.
Diana
Nobody “happens” into acting. It’s true that J.J. Abrams had not quite found the quality he was looking for in his Kate….but had she not had the ambition to do it, she never would have sent an audition tape and followed that up with an audition in person. She wanted it enough.
Rinny Rin
Mmm Kate, such a hottie. Can’t blame her for falling off the face of the earth after the series Lost is over. Some people just prefers privacy over celebrity status.
bill devers
Another actor announcing to the world that they are quitting acting, as if we are all waiting around holding our breath. Many say this, but in the end, they never find anything that gives them all the fame, money and glamour. Sean Penn said he was quitting. Brad Pitt. She’ll be back, probably on Tv, in another episodic when she needs the money and finds out that humanitarian work isn’t enough.
Cornelius
What a crybaby! Other inspired actors out there would DIE to have this woman’s job.

Shawn
Uh, she’s definitely making more than $15,000/episode. More like a few hundred thousand.

Cornelius
But I suppose if Lilly isn’t happy then good luck to whatever else she decides to pursue in the future. I know how not feeling happy about something feels like. I’m still a fan, but stop crying about it. Doesn’t she realize she’s apart of a classic television show? And making probably like over 15,000 dollars per episode at that.

Jazz
Rinny Rin you are gross. Keep it in your pants. Go back under the rock you came out from underneath. Creatin

gary
I’d like to open Evangeline’s pink smell-Lilly and put my tongue in. God, the things I would do to her orifices…
Emily
Hey give her a break. Sure she makes a lot of money in the process, but acting isnt easy. She could be having a tough time on the island. I mean i sure would want a break if i were acting all day. I don’t blame her. Don’t talk bad things about someone if you don’t know what theyre dealing with. Think before you speak people. I hope she finds the right path for herself. She a good person and none of you realize what her life might be ike behind the fame and money.
Cornelius
@ Emily
Agreeable.
gary
Emily – it’s true that Evangeline needs a break. I would give her one by parting her sweet meat-lips and making my tongue “Lost”.
Cornelius
@ Gary
Likewise.
Emily
gross
Cornelius
@ Emily
Lower down them barriers girl, I would open your sweaty lips too Emily. Hey Gary you wanna help me on this one?
Emily
Gary-why don’t u stop being disgusting and be apprpriate. Because you do know that you have a sick mind if your saying that…jerk.
Johnny
Wow, some of you are crazy. Maybe she doesn’t wanna act anymore. Who cares. You people act like she owes you something and is not allowed to quit acting. I work in the film industry (behind the camera, not in front of it) and I can tell you right now that filming a show, especially one like Lost, is physically demanding and is not as easy and glamorous as everyone assumes. So go back to working in McDonalds where you get to leave at the end of your shift and stand around most of the day.
Gus
1. Evangeline never started acting in the first place. Lovely girl. Can’t act.
2. They make more like $85,000 per episode or more.
So, properly invested? Yeah, she can buy her own island by now.
Jay Poe
What a bad situation for her, living in Hawaii for 6 years and getting paid a considerable amount of money to act on a hit TV series while being treated like a celebrity. That is tough. I would hate that. I’m glad I got my Mon-Fri 6am-4pm office job.
Jay Poe
Also I hate Kate as a character. She is the worst one on Lost. Always getting in trouble and never listening to anyone. Stop making Kate episodes!!
Emily
I agree with Johnny, disagree with Jay Poe. Oh and FYI im almost 13… not very good to talk inappropraitley infront of a kid my age.(Gary-Cornelius) Why don’t you two think before you speak.
Danney
I have a friend who taught school at a private school on the island of kauai in Hawaii. He said you do get “island fever” and have a great need to get away sometimes. It`s not always paradise living there because you are kind of locked in and can`t get away very easily. I think EL has reached that point. I would love to see her branch out into movies of all kinds.
http://dancersunitecharlotte.blogspot.com/ charlotte
I’d love to see EL in another role (hopefully one with a character who’s more likable), but I admire her for looking at what’s right for her and makes her happy rather than what will bring her the most money & fame.
eric
uh chances are pretty good after lost is over she won’t find a bigger role than this 1…she’s a tv star and lost is as high as she will ever go…
Emily
Atleast you understand Danney and you aren’t sayng Evangeline is stupid and is a jerk like some other people. Keep thinking positive!
Cornelius
@ Emily
You type proper for a 13 year old.
Kudos.
Jay Poe
One last note.. She sounds ungrateful. She is working. It is a job. You work for whatever reason you have to. Most people do not like their jobs and she had a job where all she had to do was act, while getting paid a lot of money to do that. Most wannabe actors never get this opportunity. She received fame, fortune, and was a part of pop culture. She shouldn’t be calling it a prison when we have a high unemployment rate and a even worst economy where people are struggling to make ends meet.
She wants to quit acting, fine. It’s her choice. Personally I think she won’t have that many offers for new acting jobs anyway.
Cornelius
@ Eric
Who are you to say Lilly won’t ever have a bigger role than LOST? You’re not allowed to set limits for anyone.
Ortho Stice
Only an actress would call living in Hawai’i for six years “a prison.” Make that an actress and a resident of the Kulani Correctional Facility.
jim
She is always welcome in holly michigan
gary
Sorry, Emily. I still would love to hold hands and kiss Evangeline on the cheek whilst looking at a nice Maui sunset…that’s the expurgated version.
Cornelius
I just pulled up Lilly’s Wikipedia page. Says here she was in Hurt Locker. Hmm, didn’t know that at all. And she was a police officer in the The Lizzie McGuire Movie (lol). And was uncredited for some reason from the Freddy VS Jason horror movie as a school student next to a hall locker. Also made a 3 episode appearance in the original CW series, “Smallville”.
She got some resume behind her back. Not to mention she is already a pro model.
Fior
I’ve never watched lost and after hearing this ungrateful woman complain about her blessings I never will! Some things should just be left to yourself, especially when their are millions of talented, hardworking unemployed actors that would die to be in her place! Hawaii a prison? Give me a break. She probably lives in a lovely home and has access to a plane at any given time. She seems to have the perfect setup. A creative and great paying job, living in a beautiful environment, all with out the high profile status of other actors. She needs to open her eyes and stop complaining about all the gifts she has been given, by both God and her fans, those who, I suppose, because of watching, made her famous! In my opnion she doesn’t deserve any of her good fortune with that attitude!
Fior
I’ve never watched lost and after hearing this ungrateful woman complain about her blessings I never will! Some things should just be left to yourself, especially when their are millions of talented, hardworking unemployed actors that would die to be in her place! Hawaii a prison? Give me a break. She probably lives in a lovely home and has access to a plane at any given time. She seems to have the perfect setup. A creative and great paying job, living in a beautiful environment, all with out the high profile status of other actors. She needs to open her eyes and stop complaining about all the gifts she has been given, by both God and her fans, those who, I suppose, because of watching, made her famous! In my opnion she doesn’t deserve any of her good fortune with that attitude!!!
PoorBaby
She will be retired as long as the money holds out. She is back in 3 years in a Lifetime Original.
Hollywood is not going to wait for her.
sandy
Wow. Such jealousy towards this woman. She wasn’t being ungrateful..she was simply expressing her plans for the future and discussing the downside of making a tv show for 6 years in Hawaii. Stop hating on her because she’s gorgeous, famous and has money. She is a great actress and I give her kudos for being open to a life outside of fame and fortune.
http://bugliebogar@yahoo.com alphamale
I saw this unreal hot looking woman in the hurt locker. She was gorgeous looking to me. Long hair, thin, tight, crooked teeth a little bit, real boobs (no fake titjob, I am so sick of all these fake plastic attention seeking types that scream 24/7 look at me look at me give me more give me more types)…yeah she actually didn’t look to have had a breast augmentation procedure performed on her which I admire immensely. I love natural women with their flaws intact. And I don’t think you’re flawed however I feel I must use that term in order to reach some of those that are maybe not quite all that thoughtful. Back to my seeing this incredibly attractive woman in the hurt locker…and mind you she only has a bit part in it. She plays the wife of jeremy renner. But here I am busting a nut over this wonderful beauty and as I am viewing the credits I discover it is the wonderful Evangeline Lilly. I knew she was someone special and I just had this feeling that she was extraordinary. And low and behold 2-3 weeks later…this story comes out where she is giving hollywood the royal buzz off. Tremendous. Spectacular human being. Can you imagine the type of person it would take to say screw you to the devils of temptation that are existing in Los Angeles? This woman has just become a living Goddess in my eyes..I really do think she is a hero to tell whoreywood to fluck off.
Cornelius
Sometimes actors and actresses forget about the prize and fail to realize how lucky they really are among the million who are unemployed.
She’s taking all this for granted. Like I said before, I would die to be in her position. I love the hardwork. But then again, she can make her own decisions.
http://bugliebogar@yahoo.com alphamale
Emily says:
February 10, 2010 at 3:19 pm
I agree with Johnny, disagree with Jay Poe. Oh and FYI im almost 13… not very good to talk inappropraitley infront of a kid my age.(Gary-Cornelius) Why don’t you two think before you speak.
seeee…u 2 idiots are typing filth to a 13 year old. you have to be careful doncha?…
Emily, God bless you. You will never change them. They have diseased minds. Don’t read anymore stuff that they type. You are a sweet kid and very kind. STOP reading at this point. DO NOT read anymore of this post please. Thank you.
Gary, I am begging you to not type anything like this anymore:
gary says:
February 10, 2010 at 2:12 pm
– it’s true that Evangeline needs a break. I would give her one by parting her sweet meat-lips and making my tongue “Lost”.
I almost had a stroke from trying to not laugh…damn you…
gary
@ alphamale – No, man. I wasn’t typing to anyone except my loverly Ms. Lilly. It’s unfortunate that Emily saw my longings but Ms. Lilly stirs me in places that haven’t been stirred since I first saw Rosie Odonnel…
Noz
@ EMILY:
What part of acting is “hard?” Compared to what engineers do or what doctors do, what part of acting is hard?
Spare me the “acting is hard” BS. You can bet that if I were given $20K, 30K, or whatever she was getting paid PER WEEK to film a stupid episode in paradise, I’d be freaking awesome at it.
Give people a chance and they’ll master what they need to master to be good. That’s the problem with this industry…it’s such a closed, nepotistic industry that only a chosen few get in.
It’s pathetic…a freaking engineer who designs parts of an aircraft that keep people safe will barely make $80K a year….yet a stupid actor that goofs off on set all day long will make that much in 2-3 weeks.
WTF is wrong with this world?
LIFE
You people should really spend time reflecting on your own life instead of others. What a waste of time you must have spent arguing over someone you will never know or get the chance to. So take a good look at yourself and shut the hell up. AND Gary …. you are a disgusting creep of a human and you wouldn’t have a chance in hell with any girl because you probably let yourself get fat and so out of shape from eating junk food and drinking beer while you one handed please your 4incher while looking at porn on the internet.
~Life has Spoken, again.