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" I love 'Monty Python,' 'Black Adder,' 'Fawlty Towers.' I'm a huge fan of British comedy. "
Isla Fisher
British
Black
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" When you're younger, being a redhead is... Well, my two brothers teased me no end. "
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" 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. "
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" I think there is nothing sexier than laughter lines. "
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" 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. "
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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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" If I'm stuck in traffic or have a bad moment in my day, I go back to my yoga practice, and I breathe. "
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" 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 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. "
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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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" 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'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. "
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Own
Doing
" You know, I didn't get to go to university because I've been acting since I was a kid. "
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University
Go
" I breastfed both my kids for two years so, you know it was very tiring emotionally and physically. "
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Kids
" Family is 100 per cent my top priority. "
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Cent
Family
" 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
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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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Always
Never
Just
" 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. "
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" 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
Want
" 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. "
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Box
Skills
Special
" You can't underestimate how traumatic divorce is for the children. "
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" You know, motherhood is my favourite topic in my personal life and I won't shut up about it, but it's not something I want to discuss publicly just because of the amount of attention it draws to a small person who didn't choose to be exposed. "
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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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" 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! "
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" 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.' "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" Am I disappointed occasionally by the lack of irony in some movies? Yes. "
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" I love marriage. I think it's a wonderful institution and it's the most important decision you make. "
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" Being a mother is by far my greatest accomplishment. "
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" I think there is nothing sexier than a handlebar moustache. "
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