Lena Dunham quotes - page 2

There is nothing gutsier to me than a person announcing that their story is one that deserves to be told, especially if that person is a woman. As hard as we have worked and as far as we have come, there are still so many forces conspiring to tell women that our concerns are petty, our opinions aren't needed, that we lack the gravitas necessary for our stories to matter. That personal writing by women is no more than an exercise in vanity and that we should appreciate this new world for women, sit down, and shut up. (Lena Dunham)

There is something vulnerable about showing your tattoos to people, even while it gives you a feeling that you are wearing a sleeve when you are naked.

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I would go to work from 9 to 6, go home, nap for two hours, then write from 8 to 2 a.m.

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I quit acting when I was 11 because I was cast as a bouncing ball in 'Alice in Wonderland,' and I felt slighted and wounded.

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I'm always having to be told to brush my hair.

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There's always an article coming out, saying, 'The new thing is funny women!'

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I think romantic comedy, when done right, is my favorite genre. It's just a genre that's very human.

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The work that's interesting to me in other people is really confessional.

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If you're writing, you're starting in private. It can really be this amazing, private, freeing experience. Forget that it's for other people - that comes in later.

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I find it really awkward to do a scene where I'm supposed to seem like I'm in love.

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I don't really read reviews... That's not where my attention goes. (Lena Dunham)

When it's low-budget, and you have one other person on the set, you have to make rules.

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All my freakouts have been pretty private and directed at family pets and/or people I have been dating for too short a time to freak out at in that way.

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My weight fluctuates depending on my mood and my current devotion to my fitness routine.

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I never sort of thought of myself as a comedy writer, by nature.

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Every time I start feeling sexy I trip.

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I have to write people who feel honest but also push our cultural ball forward.

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I thought I wanted to be a journalist or a novelist.

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There are so many reactions to art that make sense to me - but 'ick' means something.

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Positive, healthy, loving relationships in your twenties... I don't know if anyone would disagree with it: I think they're the exception, not the norm. People are either playing house really aggressively because they're scared of what an uncertain time it is, or they're avoiding commitment altogether.

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I spent all my time on my movies worried that people were eating and that the schedule was being kept, so to have experts in those areas giving me the brain space as a writer and director is huge. (Lena Dunham)

I love what I do, I love every minute of it.

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I refresh Twitter as thoughtlessly as some twirl their hair.

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I love flawed female characters, duking it out.

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I am not a particularly political person, but, as a Tribeca resident, the commodification of September 11th is offensive to me.

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Lena Dunham

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Occupation: American Actress
Born: May 13, 1986
Quotes count: 104

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