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 was planning to go into law or politics. I was well known for my public speaking. I went to an all-girl boarding school with uniforms. It was very posh for someone like me who came from a world where my parents showed beagles and sold dog products out of a yellow caravan.

I had a great career in Australia, so it was a hard decision to move to America. But in 2010, I was asked to audition for the part Melissa McCarthy ended up playing in 'Bridesmaids.'

I studied law at university and was sort of grooming myself to go into that kind of career. I filmed 'The Wedge' while studying, which was very difficult, but I'm proud I completed my degree.

There is - I mean - I found early in life that righteous indignation is a little off-putting, and so I try to couch it with humor.

There's humor in everything. There's gotta be humor in everything.

I'm not ashamed to tell the truth about what happened in my family. I think that's what makes my comedy different.

If we do not know what humor is, that may be because we do not know what humankind is.