Phoebe Waller-Bridge

“Fleabag knows men and women are equal and should be treated as such, but what she's confused about - and what I was confused about - was the idea that wanting bigger boobs doesn't mean you d...”

“However much people want to politicize every movement of a controversial woman in life or on the screen, we just have to keep being personal and truthful, or we will explode.”

“I just find all that stuff incredibly funny. I love a fart. I'd do anything for a good poo story.”

“You don't often see a cross section of female characters interacting with each other at the top of a chain.”

“I think audiences can feel when they're being served a filler episode.”

“I'll never get bored of seeing flawed women on the screen.”

“You're allowed to bore your friends and family, but to bore your audience is unforgivable.”

“I've been so obsessed with 'Game of Thrones,' and there's so much about nobility and duty that I think about a lot.”

“I don't think you can be a good actor and want to please, because so much about performing and acting is surprising people.”

“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...”

“If you hear somebody say something absolutely horrendous about their own life, in quite a flippant, offbeat kind of way, when you meet people clearly trying to be strong and brave, the ones...”

“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 cl...”

“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...”

“Every time I see the rails of my photo shoots, it's like Dr. Seuss, or as if they've skinned Muppets.”

“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 yo...”

“If you go into the mainstream with a female perspective that seems to resonate with a lot of people, you have a political agenda imposed on you: you are told that you are a feminist.”

“I always knew that saying the unsayable was going to be a powerful thing.”

“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...”

“The #MeToo and Time's Up movements have been a roar on behalf of women, and the voices are genuinely empowered now. I really feel that.”

“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...”