Isla Fisher
Isla Fisher
Isla Lang Fisher is an Australian actress. Born to Scottish parents in Oman, she moved to Australia at age 6. She appeared on the children's adventure series Bay Cove and the short-lived soap opera Paradise Beach, before playing Shannon Reed on the soap opera Home and Away. She has since been known for her comedic roles in Scooby-Doo, I Heart Huckabees, Wedding Crashers, Hot Rod, Definitely, Maybe, Confessions of a Shopaholic, Rango, Bachelorette, and Arrested Development...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth3 February 1976
CityMuscat, Oman
CountryAustralia
It's a comedy, there's not a great message behind it,
I think we'll do it like Britney and just go to Vegas, ... That could be fun.
I always liked Elvis Presley when I was younger - I told anyone who would listen that I was going to marry that man. I did'nt realise then that he had died.
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 still write. I'd love to write more trashy chick-lit. At the moment, I just re-write my own lines, which probably annoys most directors - though, thankfully not Adam Brooks!
I always try to choose material that I would want to go and see. I don't choose movies anymore to be in that other people wouldn't want to see.
I loved Morocco. It's very exotic and different from anywhere I've ever been. I had an amazing day there in the high Atlas Mountains near Mount Tamadot, when I rode by donkey into a Berber village and drank some mint tea with a Berber family. It was exceptional.
I think there's a lack of quality roles for women in comedies. Most actresses get cast as the "eye-roller" or "the serious one," while men in comedies get to do all the fun, silly stuff and muck around. Sometimes you just have to search hard for a role or create one for yourself.
I think kissing scenes always feel awkward but there's just no way around it. But it's a part of the job.
I have very eclectic taste in music. I like everything from Nirvana, which is featured in the film, to world music, to orchestral and jazz. For me, the nineties were about Oasis, because I was travelling around Britain when that band exploded onto the music scene.
You can't underestimate how traumatic divorce is for the children.
I have a side of me that doesn't care. I really enjoy physical comedy, thinking of an idea and pitching it to the director.
An easy way to get people to like you is to make them laugh.
I love marriage. I think it's a wonderful institution and it's the most important decision you make.