Fleabag, played by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, delivers some of Fleabag's most memorable lines. Below are 4 of the best Fleabag quotes from Fleabag, each with the scene or episode where it appears, plus 4 pieces of trivia about the character.
Best Fleabag Quotes
"I have a horrible feeling that I'm a greedy, perverted, selfish, apathetic, cynical, depraved, morally bankrupt woman who can't even call herself a feminist."
— Fleabag, Season 1, Episode 1 - Opening self-assessment
"Hair is everything. We wish it wasn't so we could actually think about something else occasionally. But it is."
— Fleabag, Season 2 - Fleabag to The Priest
"I want someone to tell me what to wear every morning. I want someone to tell me what to eat, what to like, what to hate, what to rage about."
— Fleabag, Season 1 - Fleabag's monologue about wanting guidance
"This is a love story."
— Fleabag, Season 2 - Opening narration
Fleabag Trivia & Fun Facts
- The character is never given a real name in the show; she is always referred to only as Fleabag.
- Phoebe Waller-Bridge created the character for a 2013 Edinburgh Festival Fringe one-woman show before adapting it for the BBC.
- Fleabag's defining trait is her direct address to the camera, breaking the fourth wall, which The Priest eventually notices and calls her out on.
- Her grief over her best friend Boo, who died after stepping in front of a bike intentionally, is the hidden emotional wound at the center of Season 1.
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