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" 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
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" 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
" I have vitamins I intend to take to be a better person. I even have a pillbox for them to remind myself to be healthier. But will I take them? Definitely not. "
Lake Bell
Better
Better Person
Myself
" I find the female tragedy of insecurity to be hilarious. We get obsessed over issues like the tiny skin tags on our backs or that we're fat. You read one line in a magazine and it sends you into a tailspin. "
Lake Bell
Skin
Fat
Insecurity
" 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 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
" I was a commercial girl. In drama school, I was a mediocre model occasionally to pick up some extra cash, and because clearly I'm not six feet tall, and I had baby weight, I would mainly just would do promotional stuff. "
Lake Bell
Tall
Baby
Drama
" '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
" You have to keep hobbies in L.A. Otherwise, it's sad. "
Lake Bell
You
Sad
Otherwise
" I like my body, I like to have fun with what I put on, but I also want to remain classic. So I guess my signature is sexy and eclectic but classic. "
Lake Bell
Classic
Fun
Want
" I hate bell peppers, which is annoying because they technically have my name all over them. "
Lake Bell
Name
Peppers
Because
" I'm forever writing, forever looking for something to direct or produce, and always on the hunt for a great role. "
Lake Bell
Forever
Always
Writing
" I'm vegan on home base, but when I travel to other countries, I throw it all into the garbage. "
Lake Bell
Vegan
Other
Travel
" Anything that is profoundly energy-shifting - like having a child - is fodder for creative thought. So for me, I welcome it and look straight into it as something to learn from. "
Lake Bell
Welcome
Child
Creative
" My mother, Robin Bell, is the master of balancing the finite line between classic and creative when it comes to fashion. Mom has no qualms about unleashing the pinking shears on a vintage Givenchy dress if it means she'll wear it more once it's sleeveless. "
Lake Bell
Creative
Mom
Fashion
" 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
" Filmmaking is a huge privilege; it's not brain surgery. It's art, and art is supposed to be an enjoyable process, and it is an enjoyable experience for me. "
Lake Bell
Me
Experience
Brain
" 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
Without
Work
You
" I certainly felt like my life had been enriched and had also changed forever when I took 'In A World...' to Sundance. "
Lake Bell
My Life
World
Forever
" 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
" 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
People
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Find
" 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
" I went to drama school in England, and you spend your first year working on the muscles surrounding the vocal mechanisms. You learn how you support it and create characters through your voice so that became an obsession. So I went to Hollywood thinking, 'Oh, I'm going to be one of the great voice-over artists.' "
Lake Bell
Support
Great
Voice
" Marriage is traditionally old-school in many respects. It is highly antiquated, and, that being said, beautiful. "
Lake Bell
Being
Said
Marriage
" 'In A World...' changed my life a thousand per cent. I feel thankful that something I believed in so much - I love dialect, so I dedicated five years of my life to making a film about it - yielded such rewards. It led to 'Man Up,' as well as 'No Escape,' which comes out later this year... two movies where I am the female lead. "
Lake Bell
World
Thankful
Man
" I lean into all things that are a little off. I will always wear overalls. At this point, I find a way in most of my life to wear a jumpsuit or an overall, anything that's sort of like an all-in-one situation. I do that on the red carpet a lot. "
Lake Bell
My Life
Situation
Way
" 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
" I'm organized, but receipts tend to mess up my system. They're barbarians! So I store them in a notepad. "
Lake Bell
Up
Organized
Mess