I learned how to direct by being in the trenches of movies. Getting to be a student from the inside looking out, and if you're a respectful observer you can sponge lots of information. That was my film school. — Lake Bell Copy Share Image
I've learned from every director I've worked with. Everybody's style is very different, and I always say that being an actor is the best film school that I could ever go to. — Lake Bell Copy Share Image
You can't live in a dialect without tremendous work. Like any muscle, accents and voices and languages are all formed out of the muscles… — Lake Bell Copy Share Image
A friend of mine told me, you know your obsession with girls who talk like sexy babies? You have to put that into your… — Lake Bell Copy Share Image
The reason I got into this business was for the privilege to exist in different genres and different worlds and play out different realities. — Lake Bell Copy Share Image
I vowed to never use my American accent, and I didn't. Even going to get the paper in the morning to buying milk down… — Lake Bell Copy Share Image
I hope, my career is never predictable. And my interests are diverse in that way. I feel very lucky that when I'm burnt out of acting I take to the pen and I write something I want to direct. And then when I'm tired of taking on too much responsibility as a director I then look for an acting gig.… — Lake Bell Copy Share
Actually, in my own life I think I probably feign neuroses to be more interesting than I am. — Lake Bell Copy Share Image
I am lactose intolerant, and I always thought it was really funny how people who are lactose intolerant continue to eat dairy, because they… — Lake Bell Copy Share Image
I'll be totally honest in that I feel tremendously lucky that I am offered incredible jobs all the time to direct, but the problem that I have just personally is that there are only so many years in my life to dedicate to certain projects. When you're directing something that's generally two years of your life, you have to understand… — Lake Bell Copy Share
I'm in full transparency here of "Yeah, I'm trying to find my financing." — Lake Bell Copy Share Image
I feel tremendously lucky that I am offered incredible jobs all the time to direct, but the problem that I have just personally is… — Lake Bell Copy Share Image
I understand and respect deeply that each project brings its own secret and wonderful gifts and happy accidents. — Lake Bell Copy Share Image
