Not to speak for Jason [Benjamin], but he's a straight married dude with two kids.

You don't need to be flamboyant in your life to be flamboyant in your work.

I felt highly anxious in a way that I didn't think other children were.

I think Grace [Dunham] and I are always working from a personal place, and the fact that these were issues that we'd been talking about in our own families really clicked, but also Jason's [Benjamin] passion about it and his clear sense that this was going to be something emotional and remarkable to watch. It was very hard not get excited about it and want to help in any way we could.

I know that when I am dying, looking back, it will be women that I regret having argued with, women I sought to impress, to understand, was tortured by. Women I wish to see again, to see them smile and laugh and say, It was all as it should have been.

I never set out to make any statements about a specific character, I just set out to tell what feels like is a truthful story, a person that you and I might truly encounter.

Survivors are so often re-victimized by a system that demands they prove their purity and innocence.