Chris Lilley

I get bored with the constant probing for the cliched tears of the clown, the dark side of the comic.

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.

People are always nice; I never get anything mean said to me on the street.

I've always been very determined, ever since I was a little girl, to make my way.

I would've done anything to work with Satyajit Ray.

I studied international relations and economics at the University of Virginia. I paid my way by working as a bartender in the summer and at three part-time jobs during the year.