Chris Lilley Quotes

If you over-think, it affects things too much; I work instinctively, like painting in a way. Think too much, and you ruin everything.
In Australia, I'm built up as this comedy hero, which was never my intention.
It takes me ages to write stuff.
It's barely OK for me to be dressed up as a black guy. But part of me kind of enjoys provoking people.
It's pretty awful being told you're a racist.
Like, Australians definitely don't walk around dressed up in blackface going, 'Ha-ha.'
Mostly, what I watch are reality shows and documentaries.
People are always nice; I never get anything mean said to me on the street.
People think that I'm some kind of genius who's got these statements to say, and... I'm not really.
People were making fun of redheads before I came along.
Playing girls is cool, but its a lot more fun playing boys.
Religious humor is not really my area, so I probably wouldn't do anything about that, or politics or something.
There are bits of me in all my characters.
To be honest, after all the crap that happened with 'Summer Heights High,' I was like, 'I'm not going to write anything controversial or edgy ever again; I just can't handle the blame.'
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.
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.
When no one knows you, and you're just trying to break into stuff, it's so good because you can write whatever you want and just say it; it's just between you and the audience. There's no process or worrying about anyone else interfering with what you're doing.
You can't get any better than TV on HBO, ABC and BBC3.
You feel the pressure of going to university because you need a back-up plan, which is why I enrolled.
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10 November, 1974
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