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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. "

Isla Fisher

Life

Own

Doing

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

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Know

University

" 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 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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Think

Happy

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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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Myth

Think

" I do consider myself to be a feminist. "

" 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. "

" 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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" I think there is nothing sexier than a handlebar moustache. "

" 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 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. "

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

" An easy way to get people to like you is to make them laugh. "

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Way

Laugh

" 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. "

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

" 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. "