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I think Russell Crowe is a brilliant actor.
I was in an a cappella group in high school.
I do acting for the awards... and cash money.
When you're a kid, you don't want to be teased.
I'm always ripping clothing. It's so embarrassing.
Sometimes my mum is very disapproving of my comedy.
Get ready for 'Les Mis 2'... I'm playing 'Fat Cosette.'
All comedians have to use their physicality, so I use my size.
I wasn't an extroverted kid. I was very academic and very introverted.
I never thought I'd be the type of girl who'd be doing, like, fashion shoots.
I'll often use my real stuff in my writing because it comes across as more authentic.
I love talking in an American accent. Even though it hurts my face after a few hours.
Even when I'm playing someone named 'Fat Amy.' I'm all about confidence and attitude.
No one in my family is in show business, unless you count dog shows as show business.
Usually when I ask people to reach into my velvety pouch it means something different.
I love it when the director says, 'Rebel, just do whatever you want.' I'm, like, 'Yes!
I like to have the stamina to work 16 hours a day. I may eat a lot, but I am very healthy.
I like to take things one step at a time, because the entertainment industry is very uncertain.
Work hard to achieve integrity in your work and your relationships with the people you work with.
There are so many glamorous actresses, but you know what? In the real world, nobody looks like that.
I think I appear very innocent and soft, but I'm actually very dark and edgy. It's a weird dichotomy.
The more I know about America, the better I'll be at performing American characters and American stories.
I really like writing from real-life experiences. Audiences seem to prefer the stuff I couldn't have made up.
I'd love to do a court-room drama. I loved 'Ally McBeal.' That was one of the main reasons I went to law school.
I don't ever want to be too unhealthy because writing in a show, starring and producing, you need a lot of energy.
For a comedienne, you have to have a little tragedy or a dark side, just not too much. Otherwise it's too disruptive.
My family keeps me pretty grounded. Like if I try anything diva, they're like, 'Oh shut up. Go and do the dishwasher.'
I do notice that when I come in to meet casting people, they love that I'm Australian. Maybe it's our good work ethic.
At school, nobody thought I was smart and I became smart. Nobody wanted to be my friend and then I had lots of friends.
I never thought I would end up being an actress. I thought I really was going to do serious stuff like law or politics.
I've got a swimming pool and I pretend to be like a mermaid, like in the middle of the night. It kind of de-stresses me.
I come from a family of professional dog-showers, one step above carnies, but I didn't want to join the family business.
Because of my filming commitments in America, you have to sign contracts where you can't change your physical appearance.
When I was younger I did karate and martial arts, and I think it's really cool for girls to have those kinds of abilities.
I'm constantly moving and constantly travelling, and so it's really hard to maintain a relationship in that kind of environment.
Most people who know me know I'm not switched on all the time. I don't like to be like that in real life, because it's draining.
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.
Been sitting at home all weekend writing for MTV Movie Awards - unfortunately MTV won't let me do my strip routine ala Magic Mike.
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.
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 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.
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.
I stay fat because it just wouldn't be fair to all the thin people if I were this good-looking, intelligent, funny, and thin. It's a public service really.
I think 'Bridesmaids' has changed things socially and culturally. Before, it was really difficult for women to do scatological humour without seeming gross.
People ask if my parents are hippies, but they're actually very conservative. A girl called Rebel sang at their wedding, and that's where my name came from.
I'd love to do Broadway or the West End. I'm sure doing eight shows a week is gruelling, but I did a lot of stage shows in Sydney and I love performing live.
I wrote my own play, 'The Westie Monologues,' about where I'm from in Australia, and it was very successful. From that, I started getting offers from television.
I was sporty in high school. I played tennis and hockey, and was basketball captain. Then I went to university and stopped doing sport and started eating ice cream.
At first I moved from Sydney to Melbourne, because most of the comedy was shot in Melbourne, and then from Melbourne to Los Angeles - and you have to sacrifice stuff.
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.