Jemima Kirke Says, "Nobody is a Jessa. They're all Hannahs!"

Jemima Kirke in Rosie Assoulin. Photo: Getty Images

Tune in to Instagram, and you'll see Lena Dunham's latest post: A picture of the Girls cast with Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and a caption that reads, "Jemima got so weird, we replaced her."

While the Veep actress would be an ah-mazing guest star, we'd like to stick with the original Jessa—so we grabbed her on the red carpet for a chat.

Yahoo Style: Let's start with the basics: What are you wearing?
Jemima Kirke: Rosie Assoulin. Check out my cape!

YS: Zosia Mamet told our readers to screw the Golden Globes and watch Girls tonight instead...
JK: No, these are fun! I guess you could watch both if you DVR it. I don't want to make people choose.

YS: People have very strong feelings about Jessa. There's a theory she's a psychopath...
JK: Oh! She's not a psychopath, no. She's got her coping mechanisms. She's got her way of dealing with the world, as everyone does, and hers is being free-spirited, flighty, and irresponsible. And destructive.

Photo: @lenadunham/Instagram

YS: Lena Dunham once said that fans come up to her and start talking about their sex lives. Does that happen to you?
JK: No, they don't tell me anything! Fans don't ever talk to me.

YS: Why not?
JK: Don't know. Are they scared?

YS: Probably just intimidated. Everyone's obsessed with your character. There are even women's magazines articles now, like, "Is your best friend a Jessa?"
JK: People are always saying, "I'm a Jessa, I'm a Jessa." Let me tell you something, they're wrong. Nobody is a Jessa. They're all Hannahs and they don't want to admit it!

YS: You have a lot of tattoos. Which hurt the most?
JK: All tattoos hurt. They're tattoos. It's a lie if they don't. But they don't hurt that much. I even did some of these [on my arms] myself!