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I think, a lot of time, I'm just writing my worst fears, of the idea of losing my mom or my best friend or doing something so terrible to somebody that's kind of deemed unforgivable or having a really broken family.
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To me, most comedy is dark comedy.
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I just find all that stuff incredibly funny. I love a fart. I'd do anything for a good poo story.
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If you go into the mainstream with a female perspective that seems to resonate with a lot of people, you have a political agenda imposed on you: you are told that you are a feminist.
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You have to make an audience feel like they can - and want to - change something about what they are watching. And that might be the thing that galvanises them in the end, that makes them come out of themselves and say, 'No! Don't do that!'
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You're allowed to bore your friends and family, but to bore your audience is unforgivable.
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The #MeToo and Time's Up movements have been a roar on behalf of women, and the voices are genuinely empowered now. I really feel that.
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I think it's part of human nature, that we want to achieve. It's definitely a kind of cosmopolitan nature, wanting to achieve in the fast lane.
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It will always be relevant and always be inspiring to see somebody turning themselves into a warrior.
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What's so useful about the British culture of politeness is the level of passive aggression is really fun to write.
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I had such a supportive family, and I think that affects your life in such a profound way; it fortifies you completely.
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I think there's something funny about people who laugh in the face of convention or surprise us morally.
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I'd like to think Fleabag's honesty makes her heroic in spite of her actions.
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I think audiences can feel when they're being served a filler episode.
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The main relationship in the whole series was the one between the camera and Fleabag. I had to convince myself that whoever was watching on the other side of the camera was instantly complicit with Fleabag and instantly a friend of hers.
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You don't often see a cross section of female characters interacting with each other at the top of a chain.
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I always want to go darker, and I'm always being advised to stay on the lighter side.
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I always knew that saying the unsayable was going to be a powerful thing.
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I don't think there's an actor in the world who ever expects to get a call from the 'Star Wars' casting director - least of all me.
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I really, really wanted to write about just female relationships with other females and things.
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So much TV is drawn out.
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Whenever I get stuck on something, I'm like, 'What would I do if I wasn't afraid? What would I write if I wasn't afraid? What would I say in this situation if I wasn't afraid?'
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Every time I see the rails of my photo shoots, it's like Dr. Seuss, or as if they've skinned Muppets.
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