After nearly eight years, Lena Dunham will return to TV this July with “Too Much,” a Netflix rom-com she created with husband Luis Felber. The “Girls” helmer said her long break from television was done by design. “I definitely took an intentional break,” she told The Times in an interview published Saturday.

Dunham will soon be back onscreen with her semi-autobiographical Netflix series “Too Much.” Yet it was a tough decision to return to the screen. Dunham told The New Yorker that at first she was skeptical about starring in the series; instead, she appears in a supporting role.

"When the show ended, I didn’t know what direction to move in. I wasn’t young enough to be out and feeling fun and free," she recalled candidly