Quote

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

Lena Dunham

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Lena Dunham
Age: 38
Born: 1986
Born: May 13
Actor
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
Filmmaker
Screenwriter
Showrunner
Television Actor
Television Producer
Voice Actor
Writer
New York City
New York
Novelist
Novelists
Journalist
Thought
Wanted

More quotes by Lena Dunham

Image
My shape reminds me a lot of my grandmother, whom I was really close to. She died when I was 13, and we have a really similar body type, the squat New England woman who can roll out dough and bring in your lawnmower. That's kind of the vibe of my body, and I'm into it.
Lena Dunham
Image
One of my favorite facts about Jason [Benjamin] is that he collects shirts from tattoo parlors. He has a bunch of tattoo parlor T-shirts, but no tattoos. And then he wears, like, vans and jeans. My boyfriend said he looks like a modern Bruce Springsteen, which is a pretty high compliment.
Lena Dunham
Image
But I want to tell my stories, more than that, I have to in order to stay sane.
Lena Dunham
Image
I've never thought of myself as an actor, so somebody recognizing me for that would be a real shock.
Lena Dunham
Image
The current economic climate means getting out of college is no guarantee of getting a job, and no guarantee of a satisfying work life. My Dad feels that this is the first generation of Americans that expects that there children will have a harder time then they did. That's a fascinating concept.
Lena Dunham
Image
Every time I start feeling sexy I trip.
Lena Dunham
Image
My fears came true: People called me fat and hideous, and I lived. And now I keep living.
Lena Dunham
Image
None of my actions have ever sort of been motored by the search for a husband or wondering if I was going to have a family someday or wanting to live in a really great house or thinking it would be really great to have a diamond.
Lena Dunham
Image
The end never comes when you think it will. It's always ten steps past the worst moment, then a weird turn to the left.
Lena Dunham
Image
I feel like a lot of the female relationships I see on TV or in movies are in some way free of the kind of jealousy and anxiety and posturing that has been such a huge part of my female friendships, which I hope lessens a little bit with age.
Lena Dunham
Image
I can’t imagine a passionate affair with a native man
Lena Dunham
Image
You should always go where there is a 'you-shaped' hole in the world.
Lena Dunham
Image
It was only when I started making short films in college and I was looking for girls to play the me-ish parts that I thought, Well, maybe I'm just going to try doing this myself before somebody else comes in and handles it. For a long time my acting was just a marriage of convenience between me and these characters that I was writing.
Lena Dunham
Image
For straight, hetero people it's very easy to unintentionally say something that might not honor people's identities fully, and Grace Dunham is a really amazing educational resource.
Lena Dunham
Image
I also really like to read good books and I don't have enough time to do it. So it's really hard for me to imagine willingly submitting myself to a trilogy of books that I've been told are at the fourth grade reading level which isn't a very nice thing to say but.
Lena Dunham
Image
When it's low-budget, and you have one other person on the set, you have to make rules.
Lena Dunham
Image
I would have specific books [when I was 12 or 13] that had pages that I knew had sex on them that I would go and read.
Lena Dunham
Image
I would rather spend my entire life doing nothing than have my name attached to something mediocre.
Lena Dunham
Image
It's almost like when you're young, your friends take on the romance role, and then guys take on the role of your friends later.
Lena Dunham
Image
It's not that I don't want to hear about that [blow job] stuff, I just want to hear about it immediately. And I want to hear about it on more comfortable terms.
Lena Dunham