I've done signings where elderly people will line up to get photos with me and ask me to sign things. They don't even pretend it's for their grandkids. They're like, 'No, it's for me.' — Chris Lilley Copy Share Image
I was terrible student. I was capable, but I never like being told what to do, so I was always in the bottom class at school. In Australia, a lot of students study to the end of year 10, but don't go on to the final year, and I was asked to leave the school because they just thought I… — Chris Lilley Copy Share
I think it just really excites me, the idea of delving so far into a character that people actually believe it's real, and I… — Chris Lilley Copy Share Image
I like the boundaries, the kinds of conventions of a documentary and having to work within that. — Chris Lilley Copy Share Image
I think sometimes people become quite emotional about the characters as well, and that's pretty cool that you can get that emotion out of people. And I think that's more my motivation than like, "Hey I want to be the funny guy, I want to be that famous funny guy." That doesn't sit as well with me as the idea… — Chris Lilley Copy Share
I'm not a big comedy show-watcher, but I love Ricky Gervais' stuff and Sacha Baron Cohen's things. But I'm not an expert on them.… — Chris Lilley Copy Share Image
You feel the pressure of going to university because you need a back-up plan, which is why I enrolled. — Chris Lilley Copy Share Image
Films do seem prestigious and glamorous, but when you create something, you want people to see it. TV still reaches so many more people;… — Chris Lilley Copy Share Image
Once I got into high school, any time I had to do a talk or a speech, I just loved being up in front of an audience, it was always a character. And then I discovered that an impersonation of the teacher was a really, really good way to get a laugh, and it would also get you good marks,… — Chris Lilley Copy Share
I'm not really a management-type person. It doesn't suit my personality to be bossing people around. — Chris Lilley Copy Share Image
