11 Quotes by Dolly Wells

My dad was an actor, so he would try and put me off and say, 'Come on, you've got to go to university first.'

I love 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' and 'Extras' and also 'The Trip.' That had all the nuances of friendship and finding things out about their lives without it being too much plot-driven.

It feels like as you get a bit older, you've worked out the things that are good for your life apart from with acting.

We came up with this idea of a power struggle between two people who really love each other, and 'Doll & Em' took off. Calling it by our own names was the director's idea, but hopefully people will understand that we're playing versions of ourselves.

When Dad died in 1998, it really hit my confidence - he'd helped me write and he thought I was really funny, but since he'd died I didn't feel right. And it felt like no one but me even remembered him.

There is something very freeing about being anonymous because nothing is expected of you; nothing is getting back to anyone, and no one cares.

We want 'Doll & Em' to be something we're proud of. We'd love to do another series, but it's not the be-all and end-all. Our friendship is the be-all and end-all.

Essentially, we wanted to be in one of Azazel's films, so the notion was we'd simply write an Azazel Jacobs movie ourselves, and then give it to him and be like, 'Right, here's you next film, now direct us. Go.'

Deep down, I feel 'Doll & Em' is a love letter to our dads, because we adored them.