--- title: "24 Ifs Quotes By Lena Dunham" description: "24 Ifs quotes by Lena Dunham. Plus more from Lena Dunham and more Ifs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d5/lena-dunham-1013_ashamed_my-thoughts-on-body-image-are-simple-if_622123.jpg" --- > [My thoughts on body image are simple: if you are being kind to yourself mentally and physically you never have anything to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-dunham/my-thoughts-on-body-image-are-simple-if-you-are-being-kind-to/) [Lena Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lena-dunham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d5/lena-dunham-1013_ashamed_my-thoughts-on-body-image-are-simple-if_622123.jpg) > [Now if you went to someone's house to look for them, you would be a psychopath.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-dunham/now-if-you-went-to-someone-s-house-to-look-for-them-you-would-be-a/) [Lena Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lena-dunham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bac/lena-dunham-1013_house_now-if-you-went-to-someone-s-house-to-lo_1316375.jpg) > [If a young woman is looking at the landscape of Hollywood, what she sees is almost only challenges.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-dunham/if-a-young-woman-is-looking-at-the-landscape-of-hollywood-what-she/) [Lena Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lena-dunham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6fd/lena-dunham-1013_badass_if-a-young-woman-is-looking-at-the-lands_2184320.jpg) > [If someone doesn't answer your email within six hours, it means they hate you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-dunham/if-someone-doesn-t-answer-your-email-within-six-hours-it-means-they/) [Lena Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lena-dunham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/023/lena-dunham-1013_answers_if-someone-doesn-t-answer-your-email-wit_751698.jpg) > [I have never been a physically engaged person. Like, I was not an athletic kid. I was the kid who came up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-dunham/i-have-never-been-a-physically-engaged-person-like-i-was-not-an/) [Lena Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lena-dunham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a2/lena-dunham-1013_athletic_i-have-never-been-a-physically-engaged-p_1270872.jpg) > [When someone anonymous tells me I'm fat, that's not a person to me. If they're not going to acknowledge me as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-dunham/when-someone-anonymous-tells-me-i-m-fat-that-s-not-a-person-to-me-if/) [Lena Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lena-dunham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9e/lena-dunham-1013_acknowledge_when-someone-anonymous-tells-me-i-m-fat_1641655.jpg) > [I always say that I can play sort of six variations on one girl, all of whom are a variation on me.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-dunham/i-always-say-that-i-can-play-sort-of-six-variations-on-one-girl-all/) [Lena Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lena-dunham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30b/lena-dunham-1013_actors_i-always-say-that-i-can-play-sort-of-six_1401851.jpg) > [I am comforted by the fact that I find a real range of female bodies beautiful, and I hope that other people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-dunham/i-am-comforted-by-the-fact-that-i-find-a-real-range-of-female-bodies/) [Lena Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lena-dunham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/941/lena-dunham-1013_beautiful_i-am-comforted-by-the-fact-that-i-find-a_2971782.jpg) > [My dad finds Twitter just infinitely unrelatable. He's like, 'Why would I want to tell anybody what I had for a snack,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-dunham/my-dad-finds-twitter-just-infinitely-unrelatable-he-s-like-why-would/) [Lena Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lena-dunham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/538/lena-dunham-1013_bother_my-dad-finds-twitter-just-infinitely-unr_3147120.jpg) > [I always thought that if you had any real proximity to famous people, that your obsession with famous people, would wane is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-dunham/i-always-thought-that-if-you-had-any-real-proximity-to-famous-people/) [Lena Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lena-dunham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a02/lena-dunham-1013_bed_i-always-thought-that-if-you-had-any-rea_1247957.jpg) > [If you watch my movie, you understand I am perverse and weird and angry and not looking to direct a film that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-dunham/if-you-watch-my-movie-you-understand-i-am-perverse-and-weird-and/) [Lena Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lena-dunham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ac/lena-dunham-1013_angry_if-you-watch-my-movie-you-understand-i-a_780576.jpg) > [Basically my new litmus test for people is, do they make me hear about a blow job they gave in the first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-dunham/basically-my-new-litmus-test-for-people-is-do-they-make-me-hear-about/) [Lena Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lena-dunham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/362/lena-dunham-1013_blow_basically-my-new-litmus-test-for-people_383119.jpg) > [I have been envious of male characteristics, if not the men themselves. I'm jealous of the ease with which they seem to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-dunham/i-have-been-envious-of-male-characteristics-if-not-the-men-themselves/) [Lena Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lena-dunham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/639/lena-dunham-1013_apologizing_i-have-been-envious-of-male-characterist_2458128.jpg) > [ I really loved \["The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P" by Adelle Waldman\]. It's having a really hot moment. Unlike many hot books,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-dunham/i-really-loved-the-love-affairs-of-nathaniel-p-by-adelle-waldman-it-s/) [Lena Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lena-dunham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2dc/lena-dunham-1013_affair_i-really-loved-the-love-affairs-of-natha_1301762.jpg) > [It'll be taught in homes that it's not okay to make fun of a kid because he's gay or it's not okay…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-dunham/it-ll-be-taught-in-homes-that-it-s-not-okay-to-make-fun-of-a-kid/) [Lena Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lena-dunham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f17/lena-dunham-1013_belief_it-ll-be-taught-in-homes-that-it-s-not-o_546083.jpg) > [I remember it made me feel better because so many of my friends at school. Were doing that stuff and doing that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-dunham/i-remember-it-made-me-feel-better-because-so-many-of-my-friends-at/) [Lena Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lena-dunham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3dd/lena-dunham-1013_code_i-remember-it-made-me-feel-better-becaus_2907080.jpg) > [It completely sickens me what our culture is doing to women. Last week I wore a big top and little shorts and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-dunham/it-completely-sickens-me-what-our-culture-is-doing-to-women-last-week/) [Lena Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lena-dunham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55f/lena-dunham-1013_bigs_it-completely-sickens-me-what-our-cultur_575993.jpg) > [I always feel that there are two choices for women. Either be totally confident about your non-size-zero body and say, 'I love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-dunham/i-always-feel-that-there-are-two-choices-for-women-either-be-totally/) [Lena Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lena-dunham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6c/lena-dunham-1013_being-a-girl_i-always-feel-that-there-are-two-choices_818211.jpg) > [I don't feel like my work is dependent on my size. I feel like my work is dependent on the fact that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-dunham/i-don-t-feel-like-my-work-is-dependent-on-my-size-i-feel-like-my-work/) [Lena Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lena-dunham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ff/lena-dunham-1013_attitude_i-don-t-feel-like-my-work-is-dependent-o_790533.jpg) > [There is a sort of backlash of people who feel like you're not representing them accurately, and you want to say as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-dunham/there-is-a-sort-of-backlash-of-people-who-feel-like-you-re-not/) [Lena Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lena-dunham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eac/lena-dunham-1013_alive_there-is-a-sort-of-backlash-of-people-wh_1315945.jpg) > [Feminists believe that men and women should have the same opportunities. If you are a feminist you believe in equal rights as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-dunham/feminists-believe-that-men-and-women-should-have-the-same/) [Lena Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lena-dunham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18e/lena-dunham-1013_believe_feminists-believe-that-men-and-women-sho_666154.jpg) > [I frustrate myself as a writer. There are certain things that I'll think, 'Well, that would be really fun to play... if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-dunham/i-frustrate-myself-as-a-writer-there-are-certain-things-that-i-ll/) [Lena Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lena-dunham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/759/lena-dunham-1013_certain_i-frustrate-myself-as-a-writer-there-are_577806.jpg) > [I should do the things that make me feel cool and smart. As I get older, I'm realizing more and more that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-dunham/i-should-do-the-things-that-make-me-feel-cool-and-smart-as-i-get/) [Lena Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lena-dunham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8dc/lena-dunham-1013_becoming_i-should-do-the-things-that-make-me-feel_64111.jpg) > [It doesn't occur to so many people that if you don't have a clear heterosexual, gender confirming identity that there are parts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-dunham/it-doesn-t-occur-to-so-many-people-that-if-you-don-t-have-a-clear/) [Lena Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lena-dunham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/596/lena-dunham-1013_bathroom_it-doesn-t-occur-to-so-many-people-that_2171812.jpg) ## Other authors on Ifs ## More by Lena Dunham > [It was only when I started making short films in college and I was looking for girls to play the me-ish parts that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-dunham/it-was-only-when-i-started-making-short-films-in-college-and-i-was/) [Lena Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lena-dunham/) > [“Oberlin being a liberal haven where opposition was king, the coolest clique at school was a group of rugby-playing, neon-wearing lesbians. They dominated every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-dunham/oberlin-being-a-liberal-haven-where-opposition-was-king-the-coolest/) [Lena Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lena-dunham/) > [Calling someone a drama queen is so negative. Why not 'content creator'?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-dunham/calling-someone-a-drama-queen-is-so-negative-why-not-content-creator/) [Lena Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lena-dunham/) > [My relationship to eating, my relationship to critiquing my own shape, all of that has changed since I've started viewing my body much more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-dunham/my-relationship-to-eating-my-relationship-to-critiquing-my-own-shape/) [Lena Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lena-dunham/) > [“I am sorry (not to you but in a deeper way, sorry for my brain chemistry and who I am.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-dunham/i-am-sorry-not-to-you-but-in-a-deeper-way-sorry-for-my-brain/) [Lena Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lena-dunham/) > [It's very easy for me to say what success is. I think success is connecting with an audience who understands you and having a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-dunham/it-s-very-easy-for-me-to-say-what-success-is-i-think-success-is/) [Lena Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lena-dunham/) > [At my age, no one is married, no one has kids, no one has a career.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-dunham/at-my-age-no-one-is-married-no-one-has-kids-no-one-has-a-career/) [Lena Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lena-dunham/) > [I should do the things that make me feel cool and smart. As I get older, I'm realizing more and more that it doesn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-dunham/i-should-do-the-things-that-make-me-feel-cool-and-smart-as-i-get/) [Lena Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lena-dunham/) > [My shape reminds me a lot of my grandmother, whom I was really close to. She died when I was 13, and we have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-dunham/my-shape-reminds-me-a-lot-of-my-grandmother-whom-i-was-really-close/) [Lena Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lena-dunham/) > [I never set out to make any statements about a specific character, I just set out to tell what feels like is a truthful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-dunham/i-never-set-out-to-make-any-statements-about-a-specific-character-i/) [Lena Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lena-dunham/) > [You’ve learned a new rule and it’s simple: don’t put yourself in situations you’d like to run away from. But when you run, run…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-dunham/you-ve-learned-a-new-rule-and-it-s-simple-don-t-put-yourself-in/) [Lena Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lena-dunham/) > [I would go to work from 9 to 6, go home, nap for two hours, then write from 8 to 2 a.m.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-dunham/i-would-go-to-work-from-9-to-6-go-home-nap-for-two-hours-then-write/) [Lena Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lena-dunham/) > [My uncle's a lawyer and I remember going to see him in court and thinking, 'That's cool, too bad I could never be a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-dunham/my-uncle-s-a-lawyer-and-i-remember-going-to-see-him-in-court-and/) [Lena Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lena-dunham/) > [I love directing scenes that I'm not in because suddenly I really feel like a filmmaker which is a different thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-dunham/i-love-directing-scenes-that-i-m-not-in-because-suddenly-i-really/) [Lena Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lena-dunham/) > [I'm glad if my work can make a difference.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-dunham/i-m-glad-if-my-work-can-make-a-difference/) [Lena Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lena-dunham/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ifs/lena-dunham/#itemlist", "name": "24 Ifs Quotes By Lena Dunham", "numberOfItems": 24, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My thoughts on body image are simple: if you are being kind to yourself mentally and physically you never have anything to be ashamed for, ever.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lena Dunham" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-dunham/my-thoughts-on-body-image-are-simple-if-you-are-being-kind-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": 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