Isla Fisher – Interview With the Star of RANGO & Rise of the Guardians
From Home & Away to Wedding Crashers, Isla Fisher has enjoyed a glittering career. But now, she simply wants to play happy families with Borat. Interview by Paul Byrne for www.Movies.ie It's the sort of move that Colonel Tom Parker just wouldn't allow. Whatever about getting married -- and thus running the risk of breaking your highly lucrative fans' hearts -- changing your religion, and taking on a new name... well, Elvis certainly wouldn't have gotten away with such shenanigans. For Isla Fisher -- who first found fame in Home & Away back in the mid-'90s before becoming an international big screen queen in 2005 with Wedding Crashers -- the love she has for her man is clearly far stronger than her love for fame and fortune. When Fisher tied the knot with Sacha Baron Cohen (the man behind such creations as Borat, Ali G and Bruno) on March 15th last year, she converted to Judaism and took on the Hebrew name of Ayala. The couple also welcomed their second child later that summer. "My priorities have definitely changed," nods Fisher. "I try now just to take the work that I really, really love, only because I don't want to be away from my kids unless I feel it's truly worth it. I try to keep it loose, and not put so much pressure on myself to, you know, have the perfect career. "I'm one of those people who doesn't think you can have everything. I think something gives, and so for me, obviously, my private life is the most important thing." So much so, Fisher has lately been ...
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very good interviewer.