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" 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
Want
Feel
Fashion
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" My fiance likes drawing on napkins, which I save. I'm always scared I'll get caught taking a linen napkin from a restaurant! "
Lake Bell
Restaurant
Get
Drawing
" I love accents in general. I'm obsessed with dialects, and I had to write a whole movie about it called 'In a World...' "
Lake Bell
World
General
Love
" I consider myself a good layman's cook. Ninety percent of the time, I'm successful with what I set out to make, and I can improvise. Yes, I own a mandoline. Yes, we have a Vitamix. "
Lake Bell
I Can
Myself
Successful
" 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
Work
Tired
Responsibility
" When you write and direct your own film, you basically know exactly what you want. Or you hope to. For the studio, it actually can make life a little easier, because if you have a bunch of questions, they only need to call one person. "
Lake Bell
Questions
Need
Life
" There are so many projects on my Dream List. I have so many things in the works, just like little ideas or collections of things or things I write or even just a title of something. "
Lake Bell
Things
Like
Dream
" I think, in general, when you're doing comedy, you're having a good time regardless of the comedy table tennis that you're playing. I think you want that, too: you're rooting for two characters to be together, and you should feel that even when they're angry at each other, they're still in synch with each other. "
Lake Bell
Having A Good Time
Time
Together
" I love Dr. Hauschka's blue mascara. It's not so blue that it's like, 'What's wrong with you?' It's more like a secret that you're wearing it. "
Lake Bell
More
You
Like
" The only thing I liked about Christmas as a kid was the gifts; otherwise, it just seemed like a stressful time. "
Lake Bell
Like
Time
Gifts
" Marriage is traditionally old-school in many respects. It is highly antiquated, and, that being said, beautiful. "
Lake Bell
Being
Said
Marriage
" I've always been very in tune to my voice and to other people's voices and how they express themselves vocally. And I always loved accents and dialects - I collected them like stamps. "
Lake Bell
Voice
Loved
Like
" 'Wet Hot American Summer' was sort of lowbrow genius, you know? But smart in its cultish silliness. It wasn't considered something of great cultural caliber. But like many cult pieces, it sort of became something culturally relevant, which I think is what's so wonderful about it. "
Lake Bell
Think
American
Genius
" I collect handkerchiefs. I know that's sort of old-timey, but my mom started the collection for me, and now I have a bunch. Basically, I have a myriad of beautiful handkerchiefs, and I carry them like a grandmother in my purse. And I opt for hankies in any situation. "
Lake Bell
Now
Situation
Beautiful
" My brother and I had many games. We were inseparable. We had a little team going on between us. We had even a language that was kind of like pig latin. So we'd speak in the language. It's called Op. "
Lake Bell
Speak
Kind
Brother
" I think the greatest privilege you have as an artist is time to nurture what you want to make; that's super luxurious. For you to rush into something, that doesn't feel fun to me. I'm living life in order to be able to write about it. "
Lake Bell
Life
You
Time
" What I think is sad about the rom-com genre is that it has adopted this pejorative title. I think the reason why there haven't been as many great ones is because we are fighting against the genre itself. If it is a romantic comedy then snuggle up to the fact that it can be a really earnest, refreshing feeling to feel good after a movie. "
Lake Bell
Great
Think
Sad
" If I write something, and I'm going to put in all that love and energy, I want to direct it. "
Lake Bell
Direct
Write
Want
" My happy place is holding my daughter and my husband in the same hug. It really is. I'm getting emotional just thinking about it. I consider it such a privilege, and I know that I'm lucky. I never want to take it for granted. "
Lake Bell
Know
Thinking
Daughter
" I did accents and funny voices for the family when I was growing up. "
Lake Bell
Family
Up
Growing Up
" I'm super and very openly obsessed with voice-over. 'In a World...' was my love letter to the industry of voice-over. And in a way, I sometimes think of it as a 93-minute audition to the voice-over industry to say, 'Hey. Consider me!' "
Lake Bell
Think
Love
Me
" I don't really enjoy working in TV, to be completely honest. Even though it's incredibly lucrative, I'm just terrified of not being satiated in a myriad of different ways. "
Lake Bell
Enjoy
Honest
Working
" Having children is not for everyone, but I think it's a beautiful lesson in it not being all about me anymore. It's a relief, in a way. It's like, this is her story now, and I'm her mom. It's a nice shift. "
Lake Bell
Story
Beautiful
Children
" I think coming to work and being absurd and neurotic and thoughtful at the same time is far more interesting. "
Lake Bell
Think
Work
Time
" 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
Team
Me
" I have this necklace I always wear. I collect pendants from people I love; my best friends and members of my family have all given me one, and I put them on this chain so no matter where I am they're always with me. "
Lake Bell
People
Family
I Am
" Before you have kids, you're like, 'I hope I don't die on this plane,' or, 'I hope I don't die crossing the street.' It's all me, me, me. 'What do I want to eat? What do I want to do?' But when you have a baby, and you would just happily stand in front of a bus to save her, it's a ferocious commitment to protecting your charge. "
Lake Bell
Hope
Baby
Me
" At the end of the week, my husband and I do a leftovers dinner, where we have to use whatever's in the fridge. It's sort of a game. "
Lake Bell
Husband
Game
End
" Most of my characters are an amalgamation of people that I've met, my family, or myself. Being a writer, you can draw only from what you know. I am lucky to have really rich and interesting people in my family for, you know, interesting family nights and great characters. "
Lake Bell
People
You
Great
" I feel that being an actor is a front-row seat into seeing how everybody else makes their movies. Basically, being in the trenches for ten years is like a college-level course in filmmaking if not more. It feels like every director I work with and every set that I visit as an actor, I see someone else's definition of filmmaking. "
Lake Bell
Filmmaking
Feel
Seeing
" While marriage is historically associated with dire obligation and clipped wings, I've found that it actually liberates you to take on adventure and achieve your dreams. I like to call my husband 'my person.' Find your 'person,' and you can do anything! "
Lake Bell
Your Dreams
Dreams
Adventure