NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 09: (L-R) Allison Williams, Lena Dunham, and Zosia Mamet attend the premiere of "Girls" Season 2 hosted by HBO at NYU Skirball Center on January 9, 2013 in New York City. (Photo by Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images)

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - JANUARY 13: Actress Lena Dunham, winner of Best Actress in a Television Series (Musical or Comedy) for "Girls," poses in the press room during the 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards held at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 13, 2013 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Creator and star of the hit HBO show Girls says not everyone looks like the cast of Gossip Girl

The creator-and-star of the hit HBO series is regularly sans clothes on screen and has revealed why the scenes are warranted

Lena doesn't want to offend people, but feels going without garments occasionally is far more realistic.

"To express what I'm trying to express, to express the truth. ...This is what feels right to me in the moment. This is what is poetic. It's not a calculation to land screen caps of me on blogs," she told CBS' Sunday Morning.

"We have this insane culture where women who don't look like the cast of Gossip Girl are put into sweaters and nightgowns to sleep in. What I love are like the films from the '70s where someone gets out of bed and you see half of their nipple, because that's what it looks like for a person to get out of bed."

Lena plays aspiring writer Hannah in Girls and her character is far from fashion-conscious. The 26-year-old actress explained Hannah's clothes are intentionally ill-fitting.

"Yeah. We will do a thing sometimes where we'll, like, all fit clothes with Spanx so that they're kinda, like, fit right. And then I'll remove the Spanx so they're kinda like rumpled up," she explained.

"Yeah, I think it's important. I think it's a part of who she is," she added, when asked if she wants her character to look "a little awkward".

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