I like to take things one step at a time, because the entertainment industry is very uncertain.
— Rebel Wilson
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'd love to do a court-room drama. I loved 'Ally McBeal.' That was one of the main reasons I went to law school.
What they do in America in all those sitcoms is hire glamorous girls and they're never that funny... that's because they've never had to develop a personality because they're hot.
'A League of Their Own' had some special meaning for me, I guess - it's about women joining together and being empowered, but also about sisters sticking together even when there's drama and struggles. I'm really close to my two sisters and my brother, so I liked that about it.
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.
There are so many glamorous actresses, but you know what? In the real world, nobody looks like that.
I contracted malaria in rural Mozambique. I was a youth ambassador for Australia. For a year after high school, you give positive speeches about Australia and as part of it I traveled to lots of different countries.
Even when I'm playing someone named 'Fat Amy.' I'm all about confidence and attitude.
I think I appear very innocent and soft, but I'm actually very dark and edgy. It's a weird dichotomy.
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'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.
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'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 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.
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.
In comedy, it's not the glamorous, beautiful people that are great at comedy. They're either every man or every woman, they're either quite tall and lanky or shorter and fatter or have a big nose. They have something physically about them that makes them into a comic stereotype.
My family keeps me pretty grounded. Like if I try anything diva, they're like, 'Oh shut up. Go and do the dishwasher.'
I come from a family of professional dog-showers, one step above carnies, but I didn't want to join the family business.
When you're a kid, you don't want to be teased.
I think Russell Crowe is a brilliant actor.
At school, nobody thought I was smart and I became smart. Nobody wanted to be my friend and then I had lots of friends.
Because of my filming commitments in America, you have to sign contracts where you can't change your physical appearance.
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 remember my first taste of American big movies was 'Ghost Rider.' I'm in two little scenes. But for those two little scenes they had 400 extras, upside-down stunt cars, and a fire brigade.
The more I know about America, the better I'll be at performing American characters and American stories.
