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I felt like I was a writer, and I just thought filmmaking was the best way for me to express that, because it allows me to embrace the visual world that I love. It's allows me to interact with people, to be more social than fiction or poetry, and it felt like the right way for me to tell the stories that felt pressing to me.

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Lena Dunham
Age: 38
Born: 1986
Born: May 13
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This weird pressure that mothers are put under, like this idea that if you can't breastfeed, you're not doing something properly, or if you choose not to.
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I used to think Twitter was a waste of time and sort of ran counter to my ability to be productive and to write and now Twitter feels like a really cool part of the creative experience.
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I should do the things that make me feel cool and smart. As I get older, I'm realizing more and more that it doesn't really matter if I'm good at it, it just matters that I try. My own effort, my own willingness, are becoming what's appealing to me.
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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.
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Hell hath no fury like a woman who has accidentally napped.
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If someone doesn't answer your email within six hours, it means they hate you.
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I have to take my shoes off, you guys.
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I get a lot of unasked for sexual confessions.
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I'm glad if my work can make a difference.
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When I graduated college I had a series of just humiliating jobs that I couldn't believe I was at.
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