Australian - Comedian | November 10, 1974 -
I'm not really a management-type person. It doesn't suit my personality to be bossing people around.
Chris Lilley
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I was sure 'Summer Heights High' would be a cult ABC thing; I had no idea it would be such a big hit.
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I get bored with the constant probing for the cliched tears of the clown, the dark side of the comic.
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Fans feel they know me, so they want me to be on-the-spot funny, and it's hard to fulfil their expectations.
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There are bits of me in all my characters.
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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.
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People think that I'm some kind of genius who's got these statements to say, and... I'm not really.
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I'm not a big fan of 'Jersey Shore' and those kinds of shows where people are really playing up to the cameras.
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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.
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Like, Australians definitely don't walk around dressed up in blackface going, 'Ha-ha.'
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Religious humor is not really my area, so I probably wouldn't do anything about that, or politics or something.
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