“ Elizabeth was a godsend.
We had a difficult time finding actresses who could do a kick-ass, take-names character
while tapping into the vulnerability of a single mother raising a child on her own.
The minute we heard her name we knew she would be perfect. ”
[Scott Peters]

“ Elizabeth is fast becoming the actress to turn to when
a TV production is in need of a stoic, intelligent and feisty woman.
One reason may be because there is this range of emotions she conveys
through her characters which make it very hard for the viewers to look away
from her blue eyes, blonde hair and defined cheekbones and chin.
The casting is perfect, Mitchell does a great job balancing between
being a tough FBI agent and trying to be a good mother but failing at it.
But the bottom line is, Mitchell is perfect because she’s the antithesis of Anna.”
[The Star Online]

“ She is the ultimate versatile heroine.
You look into her eyes and you see a vulnerability but you see a strength.
Plus, she has the bluest eyes I've seen on film.”
[Scott Peters]

“ A particular standout in the pilot is Elizabeth Mitchell as Erica Evans,
an FBI counterterrorism agent who features in an at-first unconnected subplot
involving the only terrorist group whose "chatter" spikes after the aliens arrive.
Her pursuit of this story leads to the revelation of a number of secrets the Visitors
don't want us to know. Mitchell is solid and grounded, an excellent anchor
for the show both in the FBI storyline and as mother of a rebellious son.”
[About.com]

“ There are so many strengths on the show. Not the least of which I think is the actors.
I think Elizabeth Mitchell is so strong. She's fantastic and she really brings a real realness.
I think she kinda roots the show in a sense of honesty. You can buy into it.
You can believe that aliens really are on earth, which is no easy feat to do as an actor. ”
[Mark Hildreth]

“ It was such a great moment for us to know that we had found our Erica.
She is absolutely the complete package. She’s able to be kicking ass and taking
names in one scene and you get to see a little small private moment with her where you
realize she’s a human being. She’s somebody who has a child and a marriage that fell apart
and is dimensionalized that way. And it really sends chills down my spine when I see her do her thing. ”
[Scott Peters]

“ What I enjoyed about Erica and how it kind of came to be is a little
bit of the flip side of that. It’s someone who is not broken yet. It’s somebody who every
single day of her life spends every second trying to protect her world, trying to protect her people.
She puts herself in harm’s way, she is very active in her life. She’s active with her son.
She was probably so active in her life that her husband left her.
She is not someone who has made these crazy, horrible choices so as a result
it’s almost like we get to see someone at the beginning of this journey, which I like.
And I like the fact that she’s tough, I like tough women, but she’s outwardly tough.
She’s an FBI agent. She walks around. You don’t want to mess with her.”

“ Sometimes it's hard reading Erica on some of the scripts.
I have to only read the scene once because it is so freakin’ sad.
So I have to memorise it really carefully and stay away from it.
Otherwise I am sitting there and my husband is saying,
‘Why are you crying?’ Look at what she is doing?
Why can’t I fix it? ”

“ Erica is so messy,
she is so much more human.
She’s more like me.”

“ I would like to know, in writing, exactly what Anna has planned
and then I would like to dissect that piece by piece,
tear it apart…blow up everything that I possibly can
and then have a romance with both Hobbes and Father Jack…
That’s what I would like!”

“ I'm a 40-year-old
female action hero.”

“ I’m pretty bored with people sitting in a room talking about
what they’re going to do, yeah. I’d like to be Han Solo.
I’d like a little banter. And I’m up for a little sordid romance.
I’d love to see Erica make some sort of horrible
misinformed move on Father Jack and have
him be like, “Uh, I’m a priest.” ”

[What originally drew you to the role of Erica?]

“ Well, it’s actually really interesting because since I was a little kid,
I wanted to play kind of a sci-fi hero protagonist woman. And that really was it.
That was the initial draw, and it was basically kind of a childhood wish fulfillment
— that sort of thing. Because that’s what I watched, and that’s what I love.
And then as I started getting into it and my character started getting more interesting,
I was like “Cool, okay this is cool.” So that’s what initially drew me to it. Actually, honestly that was it.
I thought it would be a really unique and interesting way to spend my time.
And I thought it would be really fun. I had been doing such deep, dark stuff, I thought
that taking a little kind of a popcorn movie would be great. Not of course realizing
that once I joined it, she would become twisted and dark.
But you know, that’s just me, that’s what I tend to do.”