I am lactose intolerant, and I always thought it was really funny how people who are lactose intolerant continue to eat dairy, because they like it so much. And I find it not acceptable. Lake Bell More Quotes by Lake Bell More Quotes From Lake Bell I think great directors really respect their actors and vice versa. That mutual respect makes the job fun instead of anything but. Lake Bell fun jobs thinking I understand and respect deeply that each project brings its own secret and wonderful gifts and happy accidents. Lake Bell happy-accidents secret wonderful It's priceless what you learn when you actually do. It's like going to film school times eleven. The best education is effectively to be functioning in the occupation that you want to take on. Lake Bell priceless occupation want Something that has always attracted me to even taking on the occupation of actor is the idea that I could be lucky enough to portray different characterizations from different places in the world, whether it's speaking another language or taking on a dialect and building a history from where they were born. I was very attracted to that concept, in becoming an actor. Lake Bell lucky different ideas 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 that we have in our mouths and faces and tongues. Lake Bell dialect voice mouths 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 at the shop, getting a cab, wherever. Lake Bell paper use morning 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 privilege play reality 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. And I've made it very clear that I'm interested in voiceover work. I mean, I'm always looking for voiceover gigs. I love that. Lake Bell responsibility writing mean 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 that. If I'm going to pour that kind of love and energy and sweat and heartache, all that juju into something, I'm going to lean into my own projects before someone else's. Lake Bell sweat jobs years The producers had seen "In a World..." and that's where they found me out and consequently sought me out for this role [in Man up]. Lake Bell roles men world I worked with an amazing dialect coach named Jill McCullough. We did Skype sessions while I was shooting "No Escape" in Thailand, actually. So three times a week I would have long, two-hour sessions with her just working on the nuance of the accent, which I had had a huge background in because I went to drama school in England for four years. Lake Bell drama years school When I do an accent I commit fully and take it very seriously. Lake Bell accents commit I wrote an entire movie [Man up] about how important I think voices are, so it was funny. Lake Bell voice men thinking I had had a huge background in the nuance of the accent because I went to drama school in England for four years. Lake Bell drama years school I'm going to say a phrase or terminology or vowel that I don't know how to attack . Lake Bell vowels know-how phrases 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. Lake Bell lucky acting writing When I'm tired of taking on too much responsibility as a director I then look for an acting gig. Lake Bell tired acting responsibility I sort of loved the bustle of a thousand questions. Women are inherently kind of multitaskers. Lake Bell bustle thousand kind The finest lesson I've learned with age is that all I need is a small team of comrades who inspire me, try not to judge me, and remind me when I'm judging myself. Lake Bell myself me team age I have a weird obsession with wearing not just fashion sneakers, but actual sneakers that have bounce, because I want to feel like I'm in an active state. Lake Bell weird feel fashion want
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