I suppose every time [something bad happens], I have that instinct to make that joke that distracts. Phoebe Waller-Bridge More Quotes by Phoebe Waller-Bridge More Quotes From Phoebe Waller-Bridge I'm a massive control freak. Phoebe Waller-Bridge control massive control-freak freak Whenever I get stuck on something, I'm like, 'What would I do if I wasn't afraid? What would I write if I wasn't afraid? What would I say in this situation if I wasn't afraid?' Phoebe Waller-Bridge say something like situation 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 me all day. Phoebe Waller-Bridge feel day me surprise 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 classic trick, but it's human, and it allows characters to have more depth. Phoebe Waller-Bridge challenge think journey character People are always trying to be on top. And not always with a macabre agenda, but I think that people are desperately trying to remain in control, rather than being honest. Phoebe Waller-Bridge control think trying people We're just so self-conscious. However much we try not to be, on some level, especially as a woman and an actress, you have so much pressure when it comes your hair and the bags under your eyes and your skin. Phoebe Waller-Bridge woman eyes you hair You don't often see a cross section of female characters interacting with each other at the top of a chain. Phoebe Waller-Bridge cross top see you 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 don't want equal rights. Phoebe Waller-Bridge you women confused men I feel liberated being around women who are liberated. Phoebe Waller-Bridge feel who being women '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. Phoebe Waller-Bridge view know me you There's something very polite about the British accents. It's sort of sanitizing. Phoebe Waller-Bridge about something very british You have to make an audience feel like they can - and want to - change something about what they are watching. And that might be the thing that galvanises them in the end, that makes them come out of themselves and say, 'No! Don't do that!' Phoebe Waller-Bridge end feel you change 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 world or ever make a splash. Phoebe Waller-Bridge good women change time Our family dinner table was my first platform - every dinner was all about sharing stories and jokes and points of view. Phoebe Waller-Bridge view dinner jokes family The main relationship in the whole series was the one between the camera and Fleabag. I had to convince myself that whoever was watching on the other side of the camera was instantly complicit with Fleabag and instantly a friend of hers. Phoebe Waller-Bridge camera friend myself relationship I'm just constantly on the verge of bursting into tears with joy. Phoebe Waller-Bridge just verge tears joy I always knew that saying the unsayable was going to be a powerful thing. Phoebe Waller-Bridge going saying always powerful 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 night to try to find a bit I'd written a week ago. Phoebe Waller-Bridge my-own change mind night I really, really wanted to write about just female relationships with other females and things. Phoebe Waller-Bridge relationships write just things
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