Quotes by Isla Fisher

About Isla Fisher:

Isla Lang Fisher is an Australian actress. She was born to Scottish parents and raised in Australia. 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 (2002), I Heart Huckabees (2004), Wedding Crashers (2005), Hot Rod (2007), Definitely, Maybe (2008), Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009), Rango (2011), Bachelorette (2012), and Arrested Development (2013). In 2013, Fisher starred as Myrtle Wilson in The Great Gatsby and as Henley Reeves in Now You See Me.
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I love 'Monty Python,' 'Black Adder,' 'Fawlty Towers.' I'm a huge fan of British comedy.

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You can't underestimate how traumatic divorce is for the children.

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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.

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When you're younger, being a redhead is... Well, my two brothers teased me no end.

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I was raised as a tomboy with boys, and I never really feel like myself when I am really dolled up at premieres and showbiz events.

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I think there is nothing sexier than a handlebar moustache.

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I think there is nothing sexier than laughter lines.

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Being a mother is by far my greatest accomplishment.

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Anytime anyone compliments me on my figure, I'm wearing my Spanx undies.

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I breastfed both my kids for two years so, you know it was very tiring emotionally and physically.

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You know, I didn't get to go to university because I've been acting since I was a kid.

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An easy way to get people to like you is to make them laugh.

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I find weddings really boring. They give speeches, your aunt kisses you on the cheek, and you're at a boring table. But it's different when it's your own.

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I do consider myself to be a feminist.

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I think all married couples tend to run things by each other in every capacity and we're not different to them.

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I tell my girlfriends - 'Imagine if all the time you put into waxing and primping, you took all of that energy and put it into something useful.'

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What I loved about breast-feeding was that bond of one-on-one time. The serotonin that's released calms you down and connects you to the baby.

Isla Fisher

When you shoot an independent movie you have a very limited amount of time, and you don't want to be that actor, when a poor director is trying to get through a movie, that you're asking at every second to discuss performance.

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You have to list all your special skills on a form when you get an agent. There's fencing, stage combat, horse riding, motorbike riding, Spanish, French, German, whatever. I just ticked everything. I talk about 10 languages according to that form. I ...

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I don't really watch many heist movies. Actually, I have quite eclectic tastes, but I tend to watch just foreign films. I don't know why that is. I'm not particularly deep or anything, I just like foreign movies.

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After 'Wedding Crashers' I was just surprised as to the lack of comedic female material there is. So I had to start working and getting stuff out there for myself.

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Author Bio

  • NameIsla Fisher
  • Descriptionactor
  • BornFebruary 3, 1976
  • CountryAustralia
  • ProfessionActor; Writer