[Phoebe] Waller-Bridge: It goes without saying that Claire and Fleabag are meant to be together in the world. They’re meant to be. They love each other so much and they’re connected by so many things and yet they can’t quite connect. I think on the outside they were sort of paralyzed by the grief of their mother’s death and also paralyzed by their differences. …
Waller-Bridge: Oh gosh, [intimacy is] so frightening, isn’t it?
Putting yourself out there, and just rolling with the punches and taking that energy from it in a positive way would be an amazing way to live, but it’s so hard. And even though we all know it’s the right thing to do, I think that we all have a complicated relationship with ourselves. We see ourselves in lots of different ways and I think that there’s probably a scared person inside of us who just doesn’t want to be seen that often.
Libby Hill ⬩ ‘Fleabag’ Creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge Talks About the Hard Work of Growing Up
added December 14, 2023 ⬩ random excerpt