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" I breastfed both my kids for two years so, you know it was very tiring emotionally and physically. "
Isla Fisher
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You
Kids
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" 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. "
Isla Fisher
Box
Skills
Special
" I think all married couples tend to run things by each other in every capacity and we're not different to them. "
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Run
Things
Different
" When your parents divorce, it makes you grow up fast. I'd urge parents to strongly consider working things out. I'd work things out and I'd definitely stay put. "
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Fast
Divorce
You
" You know, I didn't get to go to university because I've been acting since I was a kid. "
Isla Fisher
Know
University
Go
" I do consider myself to be a feminist. "
Isla Fisher
Feminist
Consider
Myself
" 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.' "
Isla Fisher
Energy
You
Useful
" All I know is that I've ruled out wearing fairy wings. When I was nine I wanted to get married in fairy wings, and now I realize that's not cool anymore. "
Isla Fisher
Fairy
Realize
Wings
" I just don't want to miss anything in the lives of my children while they are still young. It's why I don't audition for leading roles at all and why I say no to some of the supporting roles that I do get offered. "
Isla Fisher
Children
Say
Why
" 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. "
Isla Fisher
Boring
Find
Aunt
" 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. "
Isla Fisher
Reading
New
Start
" Being a mother is by far my greatest accomplishment. "
Isla Fisher
Accomplishment
Greatest
Mother
" If I'm stuck in traffic or have a bad moment in my day, I go back to my yoga practice, and I breathe. "
Isla Fisher
Day
Back
Practice
" 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. "
Isla Fisher
Go
Food
Taste
" 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.' "
Isla Fisher
Want
Women
Funny
" 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. "
Isla Fisher
Movies
Deep
Know
" I've had no helping hand in Hollywood. But in general, I've found that when it comes to getting jobs, what's meant for you can't pass you by. "
Isla Fisher
Jobs
Hollywood
Hand
" 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. "
Isla Fisher
Back
Love
Start
" I think there is nothing sexier than a handlebar moustache. "
Isla Fisher
Think
I Think
Nothing
" 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. "
Isla Fisher
Losing
Find
Child
" 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. "
Isla Fisher
White
Sickness
Morning
" 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. "
Isla Fisher
Always
Never
Just
" Women should not have to adopt masculine traits in order to succeed. You should be able to stay as a woman, and in tune with your femininity, and still be equal. "
Isla Fisher
Equal
Succeed
Women
" Am I disappointed occasionally by the lack of irony in some movies? Yes. "
Isla Fisher
Irony
Disappointed
Some
" I love marriage. I think it's a wonderful institution and it's the most important decision you make. "
Isla Fisher
Anniversary
Love
Marriage
" In Hollywood, you feel a responsibility to look less disheveled than you are. But I'm a mom, and I'm not good at putting time into prepping. "
Isla Fisher
Time
Responsibility
Mom
" 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. "
Isla Fisher
Think
Happy
Me
" 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. "
Isla Fisher
Like
Feel
Never
" I love 'Monty Python,' 'Black Adder,' 'Fawlty Towers.' I'm a huge fan of British comedy. "
Isla Fisher
British
Black
Comedy
" 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. "
Isla Fisher
Me
Stars
Funny
" 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. "
Isla Fisher
Life
Own
Doing