Lena Dunham believes there needs to be more "diversity behind the camera".

The 39-year-old star previously enjoyed huge success with Girls, her hit HBO series - but the show was widely criticised for its lack of diversity and Lena now sympathizes with that point of view.

Speaking to The Independent, she shared: "I think one of the profound issues around Girls, was that there was so little real estate for women in television that if you had a show called Girls, which is such a monolithic name, it sounds like it's describing all the girls in all the places. And so if it's not reflecting a multitude of experiences, I understand how that would be really disappointing to people."

Lena now believes that there ought to be more diversity in front of, and behind, the camera.

She explained: "The thing I have really come to believe is that one of the most important things is not just diversity in front of the camera, but it's diversity behind the camera.

"As a producer, one of my goals is to bring a lot of different voices into a position where they can tell their story."

Lena's new show, Too Much, follows a girl who moves from the US to London following a break-up.

The writer previously revealed that she wants the Netflix show to spread a message of "love and hope".

Lena - who has made a conscious decision to step back from acting in recent years - told Variety: "We're going for the girlies who pulled a geographic after a break-up. We've been shooting for three weeks and it's been an amazing experience."

Lena ultimately hopes that fans find Too Much to be a "loving and joyful" show.

She said: "I just love a woman in crisis getting what she deserves in the good way. And so that's what we're going for with that show.

"Also, speaking of this time in the world, trying to make something that's loving and joyful and still hopefully sharp and incisive and all the naughty scenes that people are used to from me, but with a kind of underlying, underpinned message of love and hope."