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I like the boundaries, the kinds of conventions of a documentary and having to work within that.

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Chris Lilley
Age: 49
Born: 1974
Born: November 10
Comedian
Screenwriter
Television Actor
Sydney
NSW
Documentaries
Conventions
Boundaries
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I didn't do very well academically I was always in the bottom class.
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