Quotes from Isla Fisher

I've auditioned so many times and been told I'm 'not sporty enough' or I'm 'not sexy.'

My mother worked when I was growing up, so I was under the impression I'd find it easy to be a working mum. But I found it very hard to be away from my family, even for short periods of time.

I'm not actually very good at the maintenance thing. I don't buff, exfoliate, pluck, rinse, moisturise, suck, bleach... whatever all those women do.

Women one hundred percent support each other in the movie industry.

I just don't want to miss anything in the lives of my children while they are still young. It's why I don't audition for leading roles at all and why I say no to some of the supporting roles that I do get offered.

I auditioned for a movie recently, and when I went in, the producer said he'd told one of its stars, Naomi Watts, that he was auditioning me, and she'd said, 'She's so funny; she's a great actress - you should hire her.' What a lovely, kind, and supportive thing to do for another woman.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

Comedy has always been important in my family. If you got in a good joke at the dinner table, it meant more than almost anything else.

I don't like junk food, just because I don't like the taste of it, but I don't go to the gym - ever.

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.

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

I do consider myself to be a feminist.

All I know is that I've ruled out wearing fairy wings. When I was nine I wanted to get married in fairy wings, and now I realize that's not cool anymore.

I think audiences have always wanted to see women in the movies, but every time a movie like 'Bridesmaids' comes out, everyone says, 'Oh how funny, people do want to see women in the movies.'

I went to something like six different schools before the age of 12, so I was always the new girl and had to make friends quickly. It was difficult at the start because I was very bookish - I was literally sat in the corner reading books, with no friends.

I never have time to cook, so I just look through the books and imagine the dishes I would make if I wasn't going out for a business dinner.

In real life I'm obviously a lot more shy, but once I'm on set and in costume and I'm hidden behind the person I'm playing I feel quite free to experiment.

I've had no helping hand in Hollywood. But in general, I've found that when it comes to getting jobs, what's meant for you can't pass you by.

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

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.