Phoebe Waller-Bridge : (6)

" I just find all that stuff incredibly funny. I love a fart. I’d do anything for a good poo story. " - Phoebe Waller-Bridge

" I always knew that if I was ever going to perform something that I wrote in front of an audience, I was going to do the thing I most like to experience as an audience member, which is to be tricked. " - Phoebe Waller-Bridge

" I remember being a teenager and saying, ‘Oh, I want to be an actress when I grow up.’ And people saying, ‘You need to be a good liar – are you a good liar?’ " - Phoebe Waller-Bridge

" I don’t think the challenge is asking an audience to like a character; it’s inviting them to try and understand them… then making that journey entertaining and worth their while. It’s a classic trick, but it’s human, and it allows characters to have more depth. " - Phoebe Waller-Bridge

" You’re allowed to bore your friends and family, but to bore your audience is unforgivable. " - Phoebe Waller-Bridge

" The main relationship in the whole series was the one between the camera and Fleabag. I had to convince myself that whoever was watching on the other side of the camera was instantly complicit with Fleabag and instantly a friend of hers. " - Phoebe Waller-Bridge