About Rebel Wilson: Rebel Melanie Elizabeth Wilson is an Australian stand-up comedian, actress, writer and entrepreneur.
Even when I'm playing someone named 'Fat Amy.' I'm all about confidence and attitude.
Up until the age of 12, I went to dog shows every weekend. Mum showed beagles. It's a really competitive and eclectic world filled with characters who wear interesting outfits - similar to 'Toddlers & Tiaras,' but with dogs.
The more I know about America, the better I'll be at performing American characters and American stories.
There are so many glamorous actresses, but you know what? In the real world, nobody looks like that.
I went to a Christian high school, so I went under my middle name. I don't think they would have accepted me in the school - 'This is Rebel'... so I have two middle names, Melanie Elizabeth, and I went under those. But Rebel's way cooler.
At school, nobody thought I was smart and I became smart. Nobody wanted to be my friend and then I had lots of friends.
Where I come from, out in the suburbs, I didn't know anyone who was a professional actor. And girls that looked like me? No girls like that were on TV.
I think Russell Crowe is a brilliant actor.
I'm trained in musical theatre and 'Pitch Perfect' is the first movie where I get to really belt out. I beat Adele for that role.
If I get two lines in the script, I somehow turn it into 20. I've got a bit of a bad habit of doing that, of just embellishing my little moment.
I think I appear very innocent and soft, but I'm actually very dark and edgy. It's a weird dichotomy.
I really like writing from real-life experiences. Audiences seem to prefer the stuff I couldn't have made up.
As a kid, I never thought I'd be an actress. Never, ever, ever, no way. I was really shy - bordering on social disorder shy - and I was really academic.
When you're a kid, you don't want to be teased.
In Australia, I wrote lots of little plays and put them on, and then I worked on a few different TV shows, like the Australian equivalent of 'SNL.' I would write and perform all of my characters.
I try to be healthy. I train three days a week with a trainer. But I do like to eat, clearly. And I do eat dessert every day. If I cut that out, yes, I would lose weight.
When I was just a girl in Sydney, no one thought, 'Oh, she's going to be a movie star.' No one. I had to get by with actual skill and talent.
For a comedienne, you have to have a little tragedy or a dark side, just not too much. Otherwise it's too disruptive.
When I came to America I thought, 'Wouldn't it be awesome to get into one movie?' And then I get cast in 'Bridesmaids' as my first job here and it's such a huge movie.
I come from the rougher side of Sydney. I don't know whether you can compare them to the projects , but in Australia, it definitely is the rougher side.
