Chris Lilley Quotes

I find actors a little bit too self-conscious.

I didn't do very well academically; I was always in the bottom class.

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.

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

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

When I was in school, I was always writing scripts and dressing up as characters. I'd constantly be that guy who'd get up on stage. I used to write imaginary TV shows, like soap operas, for fun.

In Australia, I'm built up as this comedy hero, which was never my intention.