English - Actress | July 14, 1985 -
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
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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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'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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I always knew that if I was ever going to perform something that I wrote in front of an audience, I was going to do the thing I most like to experience as an audience member, which is to be tricked.
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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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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.
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I always want to go darker, and I'm always being advised to stay on the lighter side.
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What's so useful about the British culture of politeness is the level of passive aggression is really fun to write.
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Nothing brings me more joy than when people love what I do.
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I can't deny 'Fleabag''s a very personal piece, but it's not autobiographical.
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There's something very polite about the British accents. It's sort of sanitizing.
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I'll never get bored of seeing flawed women on the screen.
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