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" 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

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Lake Bell

You

" 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

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Family

Growing Up

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Dream

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Experience

Brain