Lena Dunham is America’s golden girl right now. Her series, Girls (which she wrote and stars in), has had huge critical and commercial success and has just returned for its eagerly anticipated second series.
Speaking with Interview magazine, Dunham admits that it hasn’t all been plain sailing. As for many people, school was not a great time for her.
“I didn't feel like the other kids got me, but then I was also sort of bored and annoyed by them, so I knew that a large part of it was my problem,” she said. “I actually had to switch schools because I didn't have friends. I remember my parents saying, ‘She is so victimised at her school, so she has to switch." But I was like, "I'm switching schools because I'm an a***hole.’”
Unlike many other actresses, she talks quite openly about her personal life, including her relationship with Fun’s Jack Antonoff. “I know there’s some rule that you’re not supposed to talk about your boyfriend publicly just because it seems like all starlets under the age of 33 have decided not to do that,” she muses. “But if you’re in love with someone great, then I don’t understand why you wouldn’t tell everybody. I mean, I’ve always been a big ‘I love you’– sayer and stuff.”
And why not? Just say it how it is. Read the full interview in the February issue, before you subscribe and save on a Interview magazine subscription today.
Posted by Amy Power.