Give me an 18-hour day on set or in the theater, and I will be the happiest person alive.

I think feminism's a bit misinterpreted. It was about casting off all gender roles. There's nothing wrong with a man holding a door open for a girl. But we sort of threw away all the rules, so everybody's confused. And dating becomes a sloppy, uncomfortable, unpleasant thing.

All the characters on 'Girls' are growing and changing, which is how real people behave, especially when we're young, trying to figure out who we are, doing things that are the polar opposite of our characteristics.

I don't know if I would call myself a religious human.

Success isn't about winning everything; it’s about achieving your dream, be that teaching middle school or flying jets. And no matter what we as individual women want, no matter what our goals, we have to support one another.

Give me an 18-hour day on set or in the theater, and I will be the happiest person alive.

With 'Girls,' it doesn't really feel like I'm doing TV specifically. It just feels like we're making a really long film.