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. Rebel Wilson More Quotes by Rebel Wilson More Quotes From Rebel Wilson Work hard to achieve integrity in your work and your relationships with the people you work with. Rebel Wilson hard-work integrity people There are so many glamorous actresses, but you know what? In the real world, nobody looks like that. Rebel Wilson real looks world I think that is a really good message, especially for young girls to hear. The fact that someone like me from the western suburbs of Sydney could become an actress in movies who didn't look like a regular actress, and that I can make it I think gives a lot of hope to other girls who are really creative and don't necessarily follow the standard of what some people consider beauty to be. Rebel Wilson girl people thinking Even when I'm playing someone named 'Fat Amy.' I'm all about confidence and attitude. Rebel Wilson amy playing-someone attitude Been sitting at home all weekend writing for MTV Movie Awards - unfortunately MTV won't let me do my strip routine ala Magic Mike. Rebel Wilson weekend home writing I think girls who looked like me or were from the poorer area where I'm from in Australia, like you don't think "Oh, I'm going to be a movie star." You just didn't think that would happen to girls like me where I'm from. Rebel Wilson girl stars thinking My American accent is really, really good. I started out in the theater, doing all different characters with all different accents. When I first came to America, I thought I would be playing American, all the time. It was just weird how it worked out that I played more international characters. Rebel Wilson different character america 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. Rebel Wilson brother struggle drama I know, I pick up the roles other actresses don’t want [laughs]. When there’s movies where there are two sisters and one’s the uglier sister, there’s always no actress that wants to go for it. I’m like, why not! They’re the best roles! Rebel Wilson roles laughing two 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. Rebel Wilson shy kids way As part of my job, I got malaria really badly and was put in intensive care, and I had a hallucination because they give you this cocktail of drugs to fix you so you don't die, and I had this hallucination that I was at the Oscars and I won and I was a really good actress, and it was so real that when I came out of the hospital, I started saying to people I'm going to become an actress. Rebel Wilson real jobs people I think Russell Crowe is a brilliant actor. Rebel Wilson brilliant actors thinking 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. Rebel Wilson lines littles two My family keeps me pretty grounded. Like if I try anything diva, they're like, 'Oh shut up. Go and do the dishwasher.' Rebel Wilson my-family shut-up trying The more I know about America, the better I'll be at performing American characters and American stories. Rebel Wilson stories character america 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. Rebel Wilson girl art thinking When you're a kid, you don't want to be teased. Rebel Wilson want kids I like to take things one step at a time, because the entertainment industry is very uncertain. Rebel Wilson one-step-at-a-time entertainment steps I think I appear very innocent and soft, but I'm actually very dark and edgy. It's a weird dichotomy. Rebel Wilson innocent dark thinking I really like writing from real-life experiences. Audiences seem to prefer the stuff I couldn't have made up. Rebel Wilson real stuff writing
