The lighthearted moments of 'Girls' are really not speckled throughout and that to me is just super exciting, to be able to delve into the darkness t….

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

I hate that we look at women who choose not to run a country as having given up. I get angry that, when a woman decides to hold off on gunning for a ….

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

My dad has always been really helpful. He taught me that talent is a bonus, but persistence is what wins out..

But my father was also the one who told me I needed to clean up my mouth or I'd never find a man. What's very important to him is manners. Show up on….

I'm a little bit of a weirdo - I'm kind of a loner, I didn't go to college, I spend a lot of my time reading. I've been working since I was 17, so th….

I am an avid reader! As for writing, I might - someday. But we'll have to wait and see..

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

A lot of people in line at the grocery store think that they know me, but they don't..

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. ….

I went to a strict elementary school with nuns, and uniforms that I'm pretty sure were made out of sandpaper. It was an academic, sports-oriented pla….

For me, it's owning the fact that I have a sensitive disposition along with a rampant imagination that makes up stories and convinces me they're true….

My mom was onstage when she was pregnant with me..

Comedy arises out of necessity, because some things are so dark that you have to laugh about it..

People idealize or reminisce about their 20s, but nobody tells you beforehand that it's hard and unglamorous and often very unpleasant..

I am a private human..

I did 'Mad Men' and I still have people come up to me like, 'Are you actually a lesbian?' Really? Just because I play one on TV? People will think wh….

I grew up backstage and on movie sets, and I thought they were the most magical places on Earth..

I had a very old woman come up to me on the subway and tell me that the faces that I made in the first episode when a guy is going down on me, that s….

I haven't found it to be particularly enjoyable... ninety percent of the time when I go on dates, I'm thinking, 'I could be reading my book instead.'.