Quotes from Chris Lilley


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    I went to a private boys' school, and we had girls in the last two years.

    Boy | Last | Private


    I'm totally not media shy and do interviews all the time and go to events and totally play along and actually enjoy talking to journalists most of the time.

    Time | Media | Enjoy


    There are bits of me in all my characters.

    Characters | Bits


    People were making fun of redheads before I came along.

    Along | Redheads


    People are always nice; I never get anything mean said to me on the street.

    Nice | Street


    I don't like to analyze what I do too much, but I certainly never meet a single person and say, 'You're the next character.' People think that's what I do. They also think that I sit down and observe and try to imitate random people. I've never done that at all.

    Meet | Random | Single


    I'm not a big fan of 'Jersey Shore' and those kinds of shows where people are really playing up to the cameras.

    Shore | Fan | Kinds


    I'm definitely attracted to the idea of people that have these big aspirations that the audience know might never happen, but they're lost in them.

    Lost | Happen | Audience


    I'll probably be still playing a school girl when I'm 60.


    I would love to play a British character one day. My accent wavers between Scottish and Irish very easily, though.

    Love | British | Accent


    I've met big-name actors doing Hollywood films, and they've said that all they want is an in at HBO and their own show.

    Hollywood | Films | HBO


    I was sure 'Summer Heights High' would be a cult ABC thing; I had no idea it would be such a big hit.

    Summer | Heights | High


    I think surprises make TV entertaining.

    Surprises | TV


    I think my parents had a hard time dealing with me.

    Time | Parents | Dealing


    I think after doing a few shows now, people are ready to put me down.

    Ready | Few | Shows


    I never like to think of any character as being over. I'm always thinking of different ways of bringing them back.

    Thinking | Ways | Bringing


    I like the boundaries, the kinds of conventions of a documentary and having to work within that.

    Work | Boundaries | Within


    I like playing all sorts of ages and genders.

    Ages | Genders | Sorts


    I just do what I think is funny and what's exciting to me.

    Funny | Exciting


    I have a massive guilt thing about money.

    Money | Guilt | Massive


       

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