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I feel really qualified to write about Australia.

- Chris Lilley

Australia, Feel, About, Qualified

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

- Chris Lilley

Always, Bottom, Very, Academically

I get bored with the constant probing for the cliched tears of the clown, the dark side of the comic.

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Constant, Side, Probing, Cliched

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.

- Chris Lilley

Guy, TV, Operas, Imaginary

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. I've seen them once.

- Chris Lilley

Love, Big, Expert, Ricky

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

- Chris Lilley

Love, Play, Very, Scottish

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

Big, Audience, Happen, Aspirations

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.

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Down, Next, Observe, Analyze

It's barely OK for me to be dressed up as a black guy. But part of me kind of enjoys provoking people.

- Chris Lilley

Black, Kind, Part, Provoking

I really like Jeff Lewis and 'Flipping Out' and 'Interior Therapy.' I don't know why I'm obsessed with American real estate and renovation.

- Chris Lilley

Like, Therapy, Obsessed, Lewis

I think surprises make TV entertaining.

- Chris Lilley

Think, I Think, TV, Surprises

I like the boundaries, the kinds of conventions of a documentary and having to work within that.

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Like, Within, Having, Conventions

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.'

- Chris Lilley

Like, Going, Again, Controversial

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, Think, Like, Ruin

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, Sure, ABC, Big Hit

People were making fun of redheads before I came along.

- Chris Lilley

Making, Before, Along, Redheads

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.

- Chris Lilley

Good, Doing, About, Interfering

I find teenage girls endlessly funny.

- Chris Lilley

Find, Endlessly, Teenage, Teenage Girls

I'm so independent in writing stuff and controlling what I do. Sometimes I get calls from people asking to be in their movie, but I'm always writing or editing, and I can never get around to doing it. I'm so much more interested in my own stuff. I think I drive my agent crazy.

- Chris Lilley

Doing, I Think, Agent, Controlling

I don't just want to upset people and shock people by saying something really outrageous.

- Chris Lilley

Want, Upset, Shock, Outrageous

Like, Australians definitely don't walk around dressed up in blackface going, 'Ha-ha.'

- Chris Lilley

Like, Going, Definitely, Australians

I met Kim Kardashian in a nightclub once, and she was really nice. Kanye was with her, but he didn't speak. He just looked at me.

- Chris Lilley

Nightclub, Looked, Kim, Kanye

Films do seem prestigious and glamorous, but when you create something, you want people to see it. TV still reaches so many more people; it still really appeals to me.

- Chris Lilley

TV, Prestigious, Films, Appeals

I get asked to do stupid things like panel shows and talk shows and things.

- Chris Lilley

Stupid, Shows, Asked, Talk Shows

You can't get any better than TV on HBO, ABC and BBC3.

- Chris Lilley

Better, TV, ABC, HBO

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

Doing, Hollywood, Films, HBO

Mostly, what I watch are reality shows and documentaries.

- Chris Lilley

Watch, Shows, Mostly, Documentaries

I'm pretty lucky. I don't get too many haters.

- Chris Lilley

Lucky, Pretty, Too, Haters

I'm interested in youth culture - when your parents are running your life, but you think you're the big man - but I'm not trying to make a statement.

- Chris Lilley

Think, Big, Your, Youth Culture

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

Cool, Ugly, Being, Not Interested

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