I don't think it's good to say that you won't do certain things, but I don't necessarily have the natural urge to write.
Alia ShawkatI want to do film and TV. I want to make good stories. I want to write; I want to be more involved.
Alia ShawkatI think how I've gotten better, hopefully, at taking what I've got and being able to mish-mash something together, and as long as it feels real to me in the moment, then it feels like a success.
Alia ShawkatI'm lucky right now because I'm not that famous, people will look at the work just as the work, and people respond to it pretty well. It's just hard to know exactly what group I need to meet and where I need to be. I think fame helps, but I want it to be separate as much as it can. Fame is just so weird, people just love famous people.
Alia Shawkat