A biography for Chris Lilleyhasn’t been written yet.
“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 not really a management-type person. It doesn't suit my personality to be bossing people around.”
“Films do seem prestigious and glamorous, but when you create something, you want people to see it. TV still reaches so many more people; it still really appeals to me.”
“Playing girls is cool, but its a lot more fun playing boys.”
“When I was in school, I was always writing scripts and dressing up as characters. I'd constantly be that guy who'd get up on stage. I used to write imaginary TV shows, like soap operas, for fun.”
“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'm not a big fan of 'Jersey Shore' and those kinds of shows where people are really playing up to the cameras.”
“I get asked to do stupid things like panel shows and talk shows and things.”
“I find teenage girls endlessly funny.”
“I really like Jeff Lewis and 'Flipping Out' and 'Interior Therapy.' I don't know why I'm obsessed with American real estate and renovation.”
“It's barely OK for me to be dressed up as a black guy. But part of me kind of enjoys provoking people.”
“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.”
“Fans feel they know me, so they want me to be on-the-spot funny, and it's hard to fulfil their expectations.”
“I've never been a 16-year-old girl.”
“I'm so independent in writing stuff and controlling what I do. Sometimes I get calls from people asking to be in their movie, but I'm always writing or editing, and I can never get around to doing it. I'm so much more interested in my own stuff. I think I drive my agent crazy.”
“People were making fun of redheads before I came along.”
“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 find actors a little bit too self-conscious.”
“I feel really qualified to write about Australia.”
“I get bored with the constant probing for the cliched tears of the clown, the dark side of the comic.”