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" 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
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Me
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" The element of surprise is the most important thing and what keeps me interested in writing. I can feel it if I've written that predictable or boring line, and I will carry that around with me all day. "
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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'll never get bored of seeing flawed women on the screen. "
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" When an audience is laughing with a character, they make themselves so vulnerable, and they open up. They expose their heart the moment they're laughing, because they're relaxed and they're disarmed. "
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" As women, we get the message about how to be a good girl - how to be a good, pretty girl - from such an early age. Then, at the same time, we're told that well-behaved girls won't change the world or ever make a splash. "
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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. "
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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. "
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" 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. "
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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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" 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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" 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 just kind of like to feel myself into stuff by writing scenes and seeing what characters end up saying. "
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" 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. "
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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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" The idea of losing your best friend, basically, is the worst thing in world. "
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" I'm just constantly on the verge of bursting into tears with joy. "
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" This world of 'Star Wars' is just so accepting and beautiful that the idea a droid and a human are trying to waddle their way into a relationship is something that's celebrated. "
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" 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. "
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" People are always trying to be on top. And not always with a macabre agenda, but I think that people are desperately trying to remain in control, rather than being honest. "
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" I don't think the challenge is asking an audience to like a character; it's inviting them to try and understand them... then making that journey entertaining and worth their while. It's a classic trick, but it's human, and it allows characters to have more depth. "
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" 'Transparent' was huge for me when I first saw it. I felt that, from an authorial point of view, no one was trying to sell characters to us, you know? It's the idea of not having to adore these characters and want to cuddle them; you just have to be into them and their psychology and be compelled by them. "
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" 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? "
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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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