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" Family is 100 per cent my top priority. "
Isla Fisher
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" I love 'Monty Python,' 'Black Adder,' 'Fawlty Towers.' I'm a huge fan of British comedy. "
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" I love Monty Python, Black Adder, Fawlty Towers. I'm a huge fan of British comedy. "
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" I think audiences have always wanted to see women in the movies, but every time a movie like 'Bridesmaids' comes out, everyone says, 'Oh how funny, people do want to see women in the movies.' "
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" I'm happy with the idea of being a mum first and an actress second - I'm perfectly content for people to think of me as a stay-at-home mum, rather than an actress, if that is their perception. "
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" I think there is nothing sexier than a handlebar moustache. "
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" I'm not actually very good at the maintenance thing. I don't buff, exfoliate, pluck, rinse, moisturise, suck, bleach... whatever all those women do. "
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" I never had the chutzpah to just come to L.A. and make it. I didn't have that confidence. I'm always surprised when I get a job. "
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" You know, I didn't get to go to university because I've been acting since I was a kid. "
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" Comedy has always been important in my family. If you got in a good joke at the dinner table, it meant more than almost anything else. "
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" Being proud of who we are as people is more important than cutting into ourselves to create this false idea of beauty. "
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" I auditioned for a movie recently, and when I went in, the producer said he'd told one of its stars, Naomi Watts, that he was auditioning me, and she'd said, 'She's so funny; she's a great actress - you should hire her.' What a lovely, kind, and supportive thing to do for another woman. "
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" Anytime anyone compliments me on my figure, I'm wearing my Spanx undies. "
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Me
" You can't underestimate how traumatic divorce is for the children. "
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" I crashed my boyfriend's birthday when I was 12 years old. He didn't invite me and so I showed up. "
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Old
" I don't really watch many heist movies. Actually, I have quite eclectic tastes, but I tend to watch just foreign films. I don't know why that is. I'm not particularly deep or anything, I just like foreign movies. "
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" I don't like junk food, just because I don't like the taste of it, but I don't go to the gym - ever. "
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" After 'Wedding Crashers' I was just surprised as to the lack of comedic female material there is. So I had to start working and getting stuff out there for myself. "
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Myself
" Growing up, there wasn't much emphasis on being nice or naughty. As a family, there wasn't much discipline. It was more relaxed at home, which I'm grateful for. "
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" I was raised as a tomboy with boys, and I never really feel like myself when I am really dolled up at premieres and showbiz events. "
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" I love religions and find them fascinating, and I find Judaism very beautiful. It's enriched my life enormously. "
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" Am I disappointed occasionally by the lack of irony in some movies? Yes. "
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Some
" When you shoot an independent movie you have a very limited amount of time, and you don't want to be that actor, when a poor director is trying to get through a movie, that you're asking at every second to discuss performance. "
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" You can look in the mirror and find a million things wrong with yourself. Or you can look in the mirror and think, 'I feel good, I have my health, and I'm so blessed.' That's the way I choose to look at it. "
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" I went to something like six different schools before the age of 12, so I was always the new girl and had to make friends quickly. It was difficult at the start because I was very bookish - I was literally sat in the corner reading books, with no friends. "
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" I've auditioned so many times and been told I'm 'not sporty enough' or I'm 'not sexy.' "
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