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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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" I'm definitely attracted to other Australians; I have a laid-back attitude to life that I feel is very Australian; I love a good barbie. "

Isla Fisher

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Love

" 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.' "

" Family is 100 per cent my top priority. "

" It's a myth that you can have it all. You can't, but more importantly, I don't think you should want to. It sounds exhausting! "

Isla Fisher

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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. "

" 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. "

" I tell my girlfriends - 'Imagine if all the time you put into waxing and primping, you took all of that energy and put it into something useful.' "

" I love religions and find them fascinating, and I find Judaism very beautiful. It's enriched my life enormously. "

" 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. "

" I find weddings really boring. They give speeches, your aunt kisses you on the cheek, and you're at a boring table. But it's different when it's your own. "

" Being proud of who we are as people is more important than cutting into ourselves to create this false idea of beauty. "

" Women one hundred percent support each other in the movie industry. "

" The most romantic thing a guy has ever done for me is starting a family. That's as romantic as it gets. "

" You have to list all your special skills on a form when you get an agent. There's fencing, stage combat, horse riding, motorbike riding, Spanish, French, German, whatever. I just ticked everything. I talk about 10 languages according to that form. I even ticked the extreme sports box. "

" You know, I didn't get to go to university because I've been acting since I was a kid. "

Isla Fisher

Know

University

" 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. "

" My mother worked when I was growing up, so I was under the impression I'd find it easy to be a working mum. But I found it very hard to be away from my family, even for short periods of time. "

" I crashed my boyfriend's birthday when I was 12 years old. He didn't invite me and so I showed up. "

Isla Fisher

Years

Old

" If I'm stuck in traffic or have a bad moment in my day, I go back to my yoga practice, and I breathe. "

" I love to cook. But I'm a bit rubbish. I tend to start something and then dip into a book or have a conversation and come back and everything's burnt. "

" I don't think one should incentivise the losing of teeth. I find the idea of a child getting an iPad, or a £20 note, for losing a tooth, utterly abhorrent. Fifty pence, or a pound at most, is what my children can expect from the Tooth Fairy. "

" I've never been a method actress; I've never been that person that wants to imagine horrible things happening in your own life in order to exploit them for your emotional being in the movie. I'm just not good at doing that. "

" 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. "

" I gained 65 pounds with my first baby and 70 with my second. I had severe morning sickness both times, so I mostly ate supersize bowls of white pasta with loads of butter and cheese because that was the only thing that took away the nausea. "

" I've auditioned so many times and been told I'm 'not sporty enough' or I'm 'not sexy.' "

" What I loved about breast-feeding was that bond of one-on-one time. The serotonin that's released calms you down and connects you to the baby. "

" Anytime anyone compliments me on my figure, I'm wearing my Spanx undies. "

Isla Fisher

Wearing

Compliments

" I love marriage. I think it's a wonderful institution and it's the most important decision you make. "

" Am I disappointed occasionally by the lack of irony in some movies? Yes. "

" You can't underestimate how traumatic divorce is for the children. "