Lena Dunham Quotes

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Lena Dunham

Profession : Actress

Birth : May 13, 1986

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

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My uncle's a lawyer and I remember going to see him in court and thinking, 'That's cool, too bad I could never be a lawyer.'

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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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I refresh Twitter as thoughtlessly as some twirl their hair.

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I went to an amazing school in Brooklyn called St. Anne's that's a really kind of creative hot bed.

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It's very easy for me to say what success is. I think success is connecting with an audience who understands you and having a dialogue with them. I think success is continuing to push yourself forward creatively and not sort of becoming a caricature of yourself.

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I'm half Jewish half WASP.

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I think breakfast is the one meal when you don't have to eat animal, maybe.

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I'm glad if my work can make a difference.

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I kind of look like every other girl, walking around.

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It's funny, I never considered that people are going to see me on the show and maybe stop me on the subway.

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I think if you feel like you were born to write, then you probably were.

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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 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.

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

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I never thought of myself as like, a funny person.

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I was raised on the Internet.

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I don't really read reviews... That's not where my attention goes.

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