Chris Lilley Quotes
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I never thought I wouldn't succeed. Not because I thought I was good-looking - I just thought I would make it.
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Here or henceforward it is all the same to me, I accept Time absolutely.
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I think I may have failed at a lot of things, but the one thing I can say, and that I'm proud of, is that I am a good parent.
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A man cannot become an atheist merely by wishing it.
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I'm in no way suggesting that my opinion matters more than anyone else's, of course, but the only thing that bothers me is apathy. People that sit out of the process and complain about it, or pretend that politics isn't a part of their everyday lives.
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I am more vintage than I am high fashion.
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I enjoy making films, but my heart is in the stage. Every night you have to be on. There's no second take.
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I grew up in London, one of four children. We were a very loud family, not a lot of listening, plenty of talking. My mum was a hearth mother: she loved to gather us all around her - Sunday lunches were a big thing. She was very good at thinking on her feet - people used to say she should go into politics.
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Every story is organic, and every story finds its own ending.
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I don't think I have one particular favourite writer. I have many whose works I will always buy or reread - Muriel Spark, Anthony Powell, Robert Louis Stevenson, Ruth Rendell, James Ellroy, William McIlvanney, Kate Atkinson, John Burnside, Louise Welsh, Iain Banks.
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Offer them what they secretly want and they of course immediately become panic-stricken.
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I find it frustrating when people wear belts with braces. That's an interesting one.
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My working history as an actor is definitely in the theatre; it certainly was in Australia.
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I honestly don't diet or work out regularly. I'm just always running around - you'll never catch me having a day on the sofa.
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'Touch'
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But there is a devil of a difference between barbarians who are fit by nature to be used for anything, and civilized people who apply them selves to everything.
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J'ai vraiment, un vrai bagage dans la tête. S'il y avait pour cela, comme il y a partout ici, des compagnies d'assurance, voilà un ballot je ferais assurer de suite.
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'That narrow window, I expect, Serves but to let the dusk in - ' 'But please,' said I, 'to recollect 'Twas fashioned by an architect Who pinned his faith on Ruskin!'
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I try as much I can after every live performance to read all the comments my fans post on Facebook and Twitter, as this helps enormously for me to understand straight from fans what worked and what didn't.
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The acting thing is the side benefit of becoming a little bit well known with my music.
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The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone.
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I think everybody should act! I would encourage everybody to do one thing, join a theater class or something. It's so good to take a character that you think is wildly different from who you are, and to try to relate to that person and become that person is very helpful. It's hard to articulate what you learn, but you can feel the effect of these characters that you play and take with you.
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I feel like I'm so normal. So normal it's boring.
