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Chris Lilley
Australian
Comedian
Born:
Nov 10
,
1974
Big
Me
People
Really
Think
You
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I was sure 'Summer Heights High' would be a cult ABC thing; I had no idea it would be such a big hit.
Chris Lilley
Big
Heights
Summer
High
ABC
Would
Would-Be
No Idea
Had
Idea
Sure
Cult
Big Hit
Hit
Thing
I get bored with the constant probing for the cliched tears of the clown, the dark side of the comic.
Chris Lilley
Dark
Tears
Dark Side
Clown
Side
Constant
Bored
Cliched
Comic
Get
Probing
Fans feel they know me, so they want me to be on-the-spot funny, and it's hard to fulfil their expectations.
Chris Lilley
Funny
Me
Fans
Feel
Know
Expectations
Want
Fulfil
Hard
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.
Chris Lilley
People
Big
Lost
Definitely
Never
Idea
Know
Attracted
Audience
Happen
Them
Might
Aspirations
I'm not a big fan of 'Jersey Shore' and those kinds of shows where people are really playing up to the cameras.
Chris Lilley
People
Big
Those
Kinds
Big Fan
Cameras
Up
Shore
Where
Fan
Really
Shows
Jersey
Jersey Shore
Playing
Like, Australians definitely don't walk around dressed up in blackface going, 'Ha-ha.'
Chris Lilley
Walk
Definitely
Dressed
Like
Around
Up
Australians
Going
I'm pretty lucky. I don't get too many haters.
Chris Lilley
Haters
Too
Pretty
Get
Many
Lucky
I'm not interested in being one of those comedians who wants to look good and be this 'cool' funny person. I don't care how weird or ugly I look.
Chris Lilley
Funny
Good
Ugly
Care
Funny Person
Those
Weird
Look
Comedians
How
Person
dont Care
Being
Wants
Not Interested
Interested
Who
Cool
I feel really qualified to write about Australia.
Chris Lilley
About
Write
Feel
Qualified
Australia
Really
I find teenage girls endlessly funny.
Chris Lilley
Funny
Girl
Teenage
Teenage Girls
Find
Endlessly
I like playing all sorts of ages and genders.
Chris Lilley
Like
Sort
Ages
Playing
When I wrote 'We Can Be Heroes,' I was just so excited about the concept of playing loads of characters, and a television series allows you to do that.
Chris Lilley
You
Heroes
Television
Television Series
Characters
About
Excited
Concept
Wrote
Just
Series
Playing
Loads
You can't get any better than TV on HBO, ABC and BBC3.
Chris Lilley
You
Better
TV
ABC
Than
Get
Any
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
Me
People
Will
Sign
Pretend
Photos
Like
Line
Up
Get
Done
Where
Elderly
Grandkids
Ask
Even
Things
I like the boundaries, the kinds of conventions of a documentary and having to work within that.
Chris Lilley
Work
Kinds
Having
Boundaries
Like
Documentary
Within
Conventions
I get asked to do stupid things like panel shows and talk shows and things.
Chris Lilley
Stupid
Panel
Like
Talk
Talk Shows
Get
Asked
Shows
Things
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.
Chris Lilley
Met
Own
Films
Said
Doing
Want
Hollywood
Show
Actor
In Australia, I'm built up as this comedy hero, which was never my intention.
Chris Lilley
Comedy
Hero
Never
Built
Up
Australia
Intention
Which
I find myself believing everything that journalists tell me.
Chris Lilley
Myself
Me
Everything
Tell
Find
Journalists
Believing
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.
Chris Lilley
Character
You
People
Try
Too Much
Random
Single
Sit
Down
Think
Too
Imitate
Meet
Analyze
Say
Never
Observe
Like
Also
Single Person
Person
Done
Much
Next
Certainly
I went to a private boys' school, and we had girls in the last two years.
Chris Lilley
School
Girl
Had
Boy
Private
Years
Last
Two
I think after doing a few shows now, people are ready to put me down.
Chris Lilley
Me
People
Few
Down
Think
Put
Ready
Doing
After
Shows
Now
If you over-think, it affects things too much; I work instinctively, like painting in a way. Think too much, and you ruin everything.
Chris Lilley
Work
You
Too Much
Painting
Think
Too
Ruin
Everything
Way
Instinctively
Like
Affects
Much
Things
I find actors a little bit too self-conscious.
Chris Lilley
Too
Bit
Find
Self-Conscious
Little
Little Bit
Actor
I've never been a 16-year-old girl.
Chris Lilley
Girl
Never
Been
I feel like I'm so normal. So normal it's boring.
Chris Lilley
Boring
Feel
Like
Normal
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