Chris Lilley
Chris Lilley
Christopher Daniel "Chris" Lilley is an Australian comedian, television producer, actor, musician and writer. A two-time winner of the Logie Award for Most Popular Actor, he is known for his creation and portrayal of several characters in the mockumentary television series We Can Be Heroes: Finding The Australian of the Year, Summer Heights High, Angry Boys, Ja'mie: Private School Girland Jonah from Tonga...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth10 November 1974
CountryAustralia
I met Kim Kardashian in a nightclub once, and she was really nice. Kanye was with her, but he didn't speak. He just looked at me.
I like the boundaries, the kinds of conventions of a documentary and having to work within that.
I like playing all sorts of ages and genders.
I get asked to do stupid things like panel shows and talk shows and things.
I have a massive guilt thing about money.
I find teenage girls endlessly funny.
I find actors a little bit too self-conscious.
I feel really qualified to write about Australia.
Australia has a thing where apparently it's fine for me to dress up as an Asian woman. No one has questioned that.
I feel like I'm so normal. So normal it's boring.
I'm interested in youth culture - when your parents are running your life, but you think you're the big man - but I'm not trying to make a statement.
I've done signings where elderly people will line up to get photos with me and ask me to sign things. They don't even pretend it's for their grandkids. They're like, 'No, it's for me.'
It's pretty awful being told you're a racist.
I never like to think of any character as being over. I'm always thinking of different ways of bringing them back.