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The parts I enjoy playing aren't really available to me. So I have to write them.
Lena Dunham
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Lena Dunham
Age: 38
Born: 1986
Born: May 13
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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.
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