"I'd like to be a giant enabler"
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The intent feels less confessional than corrective: what if enabling isn’t about propping up someone’s worst impulses, but amplifying their best ones? The “giant” matters. It’s not modest, self-protective support; it’s oversized, unapologetic permission-giving. In an industry that thrives on gatekeeping and scarcity - who gets cast, who gets heard, who gets taken seriously - positioning yourself as an enabler is a subtle rejection of the zero-sum mindset. She’s signaling a desire to be the person who opens doors, funds the weird project, validates the risky choice, keeps the momentum alive.
There’s also a strategic innocence to the phrasing, a kind of Hannah-esque softness that disarms critique. She doesn’t say “power broker” or “patron” or “mentor.” She chooses a messy, morally loaded term and makes it warm. The subtext: the world has plenty of critics and curators; what it needs is someone willing to say yes, loudly, and mean it. In 2026’s attention economy, that’s not naivete. It’s a form of influence.
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Hannah, Daryl. (2026, January 17). I'd like to be a giant enabler. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/id-like-to-be-a-giant-enabler-44985/
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Hannah, Daryl. "I'd like to be a giant enabler." FixQuotes. January 17, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/id-like-to-be-a-giant-enabler-44985/.
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"I'd like to be a giant enabler." FixQuotes, 17 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/id-like-to-be-a-giant-enabler-44985/. Accessed 28 Mar. 2026.










