Phoebe Waller-Bridge

And love isn’t something that weak people do. Being a romantic takes a hell of a lot of hope. I think what they mean is … When you find somebody that you love … It feels like hope.

In theatre, people come to you, or your characters. In TV, characters arrive in people’s living rooms, their kitchen tables, and are often even taken into bed with them! It’s a very intimate way of communicating with an audience and a privilege to experiment with.

I have a horrible feeling I’m a greedy, perverted, selfish, apathetic, cynical, depraved, mannish-looking, morally bankrupt woman who can’t even call herself a feminist.

new ways to put the audience in the centre of the experience.

Each experiment illuminated little tricks of how to construct a satisfying story.

How do you make an audience forgive a terrible crime?

I was obsessively looking for ways to surprise the audience,

In theatre, people come to you, or your characters. In TV, characters arrive in people’s living rooms,

feel like they were having a personal relationship with Fleabag

The power of comedy is astonishing to me