Quotes from Isla Fisher


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Anytime anyone compliments me on my figure, I'm wearing my Spanx undies.


I love 'Monty Python,' 'Black Adder,' 'Fawlty Towers.' I'm a huge fan of British comedy.


I do consider myself to be a feminist.


I think all married couples tend to run things by each other in every capacity and we're not different to them.


You know, I didn't get to go to university because I've been acting since I was a kid.


After 'Wedding Crashers' I was just surprised as to the lack of comedic female material there is. So I had to start working and getting stuff out there for myself.


I don't really watch many heist movies. Actually, I have quite eclectic tastes, but I tend to watch just foreign films. I don't know why that is. I'm not particularly deep or anything, I just like foreign movies.


I've never been a method actress; I've never been that person that wants to imagine horrible things happening in your own life in order to exploit them for your emotional being in the movie. I'm just not good at doing that.


When you shoot an independent movie you have a very limited amount of time, and you don't want to be that actor, when a poor director is trying to get through a movie, that you're asking at every second to discuss performance.


What I loved about breast-feeding was that bond of one-on-one time. The serotonin that's released calms you down and connects you to the baby.


I breastfed both my kids for two years so, you know it was very tiring emotionally and physically.


An easy way to get people to like you is to make them laugh.


When your parents divorce, it makes you grow up fast. I'd urge parents to strongly consider working things out. I'd work things out and I'd definitely stay put.


I went to something like six different schools before the age of 12, so I was always the new girl and had to make friends quickly. It was difficult at the start because I was very bookish - I was literally sat in the corner reading books, with no friends.


I love to cook. But I'm a bit rubbish. I tend to start something and then dip into a book or have a conversation and come back and everything's burnt.


I find weddings really boring. They give speeches, your aunt kisses you on the cheek, and you're at a boring table. But it's different when it's your own.


Women one hundred percent support each other in the movie industry.


The most romantic thing a guy has ever done for me is starting a family. That's as romantic as it gets.


I tell my girlfriends - 'Imagine if all the time you put into waxing and primping, you took all of that energy and put it into something useful.'


I never had the chutzpah to just come to L.A. and make it. I didn't have that confidence. I'm always surprised when I get a job.