because that is should be the goal. it never be to fit some certain weird beauty standard that society deems is the beauty standard of this year, or it should never be about that. my, like, body type before, when i was a size 16 to 18, was, like, the body type of the 17th, 18th century. like, iwould have crushed in that era. but i got a lot of pushback from my own team, actually, here in hollywood, when i said, ok, i m gonna do this year of health. i m gonna ifeel like i m really going to physically transform and change my life, and they were like, why? why would you want to do that? because i was earning millions of dollars being, you know, the funny fat girl, like, and being that person, and i go, well, because even though i was still very confident being bigger and, you know, loved myself you know, would rock a red carpet and even though i was probably double the size, sometimes triple the weight of other actresses, but like, i still felt confident in that. but i kn
i didn t predict the pandemic, but weirdly, i thought sometimes i m a little psychic and i go, oh, ifeel like i m not gonna be working much this year and i feel like turning 40, i m gonna, like, concentrate on my health, and i was dealing with fertility stuff and the doctors were like, well, you know, if you were healthier, you d have better chances, so that all kind of culminated, and so the moment it hit 2020, iwas like, 0k, yeah, it s gonna be my year of health. i m gonna put it, like, publicly out on instagram and stuff for accountability! but i think that that s. .. and who knows whether that was the smartest but. and why was that important for you to do it that way? um, because i did want to make a lasting change and i wanted to be accountable to myself for it, so making it very public kind of helped helped. it was risky, i guess. before i i had lost weight and then put it back on and, you know, you get criticism sometimes for that, and it wasjust, yeah, ijust w
mental health is obviously a big topic with a lot of celebs and people high profile people talking about that, yeah. but fertility is a really interesting one because i don t think a lot of women, certainly in the public eye, open up about it. behind the scenes, like, all my actress friends are all freezing their eggs and all kind of pursuing options and so, we all talk about it, but not not just so publicly sometimes because it can be an emotional roller coaster and i certainly, you know, froze went all this trouble and froze my eggs and then, unfortunately because of my condition, the quality of the eggs wasn t wasn t good enough and i have to repeat the process and keep doing it and keep trying and put a lot of effort in. and that was part of the reason why i tried to get healthier as well. i m still trying on the fertilityjourney, even though, like, it is emotional and you get hopeful and then, you know, your hopes are dashed and so it s like, ifeel for any woman going thro
in and, like, be better. but it s it s so awesome to be a part of something so special and it s something people all around the world have really, really enjoyed. yeah. is it true, though, that you could ve been a lawyer? well, i am a lawyer. oh, you are a lawyer?! yeah, i graduated in 2009. so you could be a lawyer. ifeel like i have the photo. it s not my best smile but i was very proud of myself that day. you look so happy and pleased! this is 2009 when i graduated. it was a very happy day because was already, obviously, i was a professional actress i d been in 10 tv shows by the time i graduated law school but there was something about me that i was like, i have to finish. i have to complete this degree. it was very, very difficult like, in australia, law and medicine, you know, you need the top marks in your final exams to get in and i got into, like, the best law school, so i was like, ok, i m going to, like, graduate, even though it was clear i was working in as a
women have been funny for at least 20 years but, no, i mjoking, forever but that bridesmaids was one of the first where they were like, wow! women are funny in hollywood! and so to get that as my my firstjob in america was epic. and also, to be in the pitch perfect franchise, which is, like, the most successful musical comedy films of all time which blows my mind when you think about that. i was like, god, are they really? and they re like, yeah they really are, like, bang, one, two and three , and i m like it s so special. and i m sure it will be eclipsed at some point you know, it s like 0lympic records someone will come in and, like, be better. but it s it s so awesome to be a part of something so special and it s something people all around the world have really, really enjoyed. yeah. is it true, though, that you could ve been a lawyer? well, i am a lawyer. oh, you are a lawyer?! yeah, i graduated in 2009. so you could be a lawyer. ifeel like i have the photo.