Chris Lilley

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

I just do what I think is funny and what's exciting to me. ”

British comedy fans go crazy. ”

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

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

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. ”

I like playing all sorts of ages and genders. ”

I think my parents had a hard time dealing with me. ”

It takes me ages to write stuff. ”

I'm totally not media shy and do interviews all the time and go to events and totally play along and actually enjoy talking to journalists most of the time. ”