Lena Dunham revealed her reason for stepping back from acting, citing intense body criticism and her desire to focus on writing and directing

I stepped back from acting after my body was dissected’ - THE SATURDAY INTERVIEW: Eight years on from ‘Girls’, the HBO comedy that made her name – and made her a lightning rod for criticism – Dunham is back with a 10-part romcom,

My thing has never been looking at a picture of myself and picking myself apart or feeling tortured about how I looked – it’s just not my area.”