What Lena Dunham has said about Girls (TV series)

3 quotes · 1 episode · May 26, 2026

Lena Dunham, American writer and actress, has been quoted on Girls (TV series) 3 times in 1 episode of Good Hang with Amy Poehler, most recently on May 26, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.

In their words

  • Dunham finds watching Girls stressful, despite viewers treating it as comfort television.

    “I feel like when I'm watching Girls, I'm like watching one of those movies where somebody has like 10 minutes to disseminate a bomb”

    Good Hang with Amy Poehler: Lena Dunham (May 26, 2026) · Listen from 33:45

  • Dunham argues Girls sat between critics' extremes, taking its characters seriously while understanding what was funny about them.

    “actually, something can live totally between those places, which is we take them totally seriously and we totally get what's funny about it”

    Good Hang with Amy Poehler: Lena Dunham (May 26, 2026) · Listen from 37:15

  • Dunham says Hannah fails to recognize her own power to hurt others, which helped explain Jessa's betrayal.

    “because Hannah doesn't, see herself as a person with any power she doesn't realize that she's capable of hurting anybody else's feelings”

    Good Hang with Amy Poehler: Lena Dunham (May 26, 2026) · Listen from 43:57

Episodes

  • Lena Dunham

    Good Hang with Amy Poehler · May 26, 2026 · 1 h 6 min

    Amy Poehler talks with Lena Dunham about turning 40, her memoir Famesick, Nora Ephron, Girls, chronic illness, hot takes and pet pigs, with a visit from Natalie Portman.

Others on Girls (TV series)

Lena Dunham on other topics