Australia has a thing where apparently it's fine for me to dress up as an Asian woman. No one has questioned that. — 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
