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" I suppose the cult of the strong woman character on TV has probably been misinterpreted in so many different ways, meaning that a woman can't be emotionally complicated or want things or can't be weak in moments. "

Phoebe Waller-Bridge

Strong

Woman

Want

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People

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" I remember being a teenager and saying, 'Oh, I want to be an actress when I grow up.' And people saying, 'You need to be a good liar - are you a good liar?' "

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" Our family dinner table was my first platform - every dinner was all about sharing stories and jokes and points of view. "

" There's nothing that makes me cry and laugh more than stories about friendship. "

Phoebe Waller-Bridge

Cry

Friendship

" I just love any kind of language that can change the energy in a room. There are no limits for me, as long as it feels like it's being used in a particular way to garner or elicit a very particular reaction so that you can then use that reaction later for something else. "

" I change my mind every five minutes. I'm very brutal with my own process. I throw everything away very quickly, and then I have to go out and rummage through the rubbish in the middle of the night to try to find a bit I'd written a week ago. "

" Sausages are just funny. I don't know why. I can't explain it. "

" I always want to go darker, and I'm always being advised to stay on the lighter side. "

Phoebe Waller-Bridge

Being

Always

" Throughout a lot of my 20s, my sexual allure and power was one of the most important things about me, my currency. "

Phoebe Waller-Bridge

Things

Power

" I feel liberated being around women who are liberated. "

" I just find all that stuff incredibly funny. I love a fart. I'd do anything for a good poo story. "

" If you hear somebody say something absolutely horrendous about their own life, in quite a flippant, offbeat kind of way, when you meet people clearly trying to be strong and brave, the ones who are really good at it are the ones who break my heart the most. "

" No one would touch me with a barge pole as an actress. It hit hard. I thought, 'What am I doing? This is a stupid idea!' It's like throwing yourself into a massive pond, and you feel like you're going to drown so quickly. "

" I can't deny 'Fleabag''s a very personal piece, but it's not autobiographical. "

" I'm a massive control freak. "

" Wouldn't it be exciting if all women just went on strike? Just a woman's strike. Everything would fall apart pretty quickly then, wouldn't it? "

" 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. "

" I think it's important that culture is this ongoing thing that needs to be nurtured, because there is no such thing as a quick, arty fix. "

" I see the portrayal of any believable female character as feminist. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Fleabag knows men and women are equal and should be treated as such, but what she's confused about - and what I was confused about - was the idea that wanting bigger boobs doesn't mean you don't want equal rights. "

" We're just so self-conscious. However much we try not to be, on some level, especially as a woman and an actress, you have so much pressure when it comes your hair and the bags under your eyes and your skin. "

" People generally are just really nice to each other. You know, the good people. "

" I'd go so far as to say I was bullied into writing, but sometimes you need that. "

Phoebe Waller-Bridge

Writing

Need

" I just kind of like to feel myself into stuff by writing scenes and seeing what characters end up saying. "

" I'm just constantly on the verge of bursting into tears with joy. "