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 think surprises make TV entertaining.
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 never like to think of any character as being over. I'm always thinking of different ways of bringing them back.
I think my parents had a hard time dealing with me.
I just do what I think is funny and what's exciting to me.
People think that I'm some kind of genius who's got these statements to say, and I'm not really.
If you over-think, it affects things too much; I work instinctively, like painting in a way. Think too much, and you ruin everything.
I think after doing a few shows now, people are ready to put me down.
There are bits of me in all my characters.
I'm not a big comedy show-watcher, but I love Ricky Gervais' stuff and Sacha Baron Cohen's things. But I'm not an expert on them. I've seen them once.
I'm totally not media shy and do interviews all the time and go to events and totally play along and actually enjoy talking to journalists most of the time.
I don't like to analyze what I do too much, but I certainly never meet a single person and say, 'You're the next character.' People think that's what I do. They also think that I sit down and observe and try to imitate random people. I've never done that at all.
I've met big-name actors doing Hollywood films, and they've said that all they want is an in at HBO and their own show.
I'm definitely attracted to the idea of people that have these big aspirations that the audience know might never happen, but they're lost in them.