“I think great directors really respect their actors and vice versa. That mutual respect makes the job fun instead of anything but.” ThinkingJobsActorsFunDirectorsVicesMutualVice VersaMutual Respect Author:Lake Bell
“I wrote an entire movie [Man up] about how important I think voices are, so it was funny.” ThinkingMenImportantVoice Author:Lake Bell
“I think of myself as a content creator and hopefully one day a content enabler and supporter of others, so that's what my immediate and hopefully future journey is.” ThinkingJourneyOne DayCreatorHopefullySupporterEnablers Author:Lake Bell
“Without strong financial roots, our generation is in a constant state of redefinition. This forces us to think outside the box when it comes to making a living... which sometimes makes it look like we're a mess, but really we're just creative. And we like weed.” ThinkingSometimesStrongCreativeFinancialMessWeedOutside The Box Author:Lake Bell
“The most difficult thing about acting and directing in a film is acting and directing in a film. Every ounce of your physical and emotional being, and your analytical and thoughtful and producorial being, is being exercised at all points. You are 100% working on overdrive, but because it is only for X amount of days, if you have the stomach for it, you hustle through. It's a massive undertaking, and I think preparation is the key to success for that endeavor.” ThinkingFilmDifficultActingEmotionalPreparationThoughtfulKey To SuccessHustle Author:Lake Bell
“I'm a music person. Music is, for me, the best way to cure any sort of anxiety or icky feelings. I think it immediately takes you out of your element and makes some other person do the work for your thoughts.” ThinkingFeelingsAnxietyMusic Is Author:Lake Bell
“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. It's amazing that I get to create every day, as an actor, or a director, or a writer, and I get to do it in a variety of different genres and worlds and characterizations. I think that's the great privilege of what we do, we get to make believe. I get to go to so many different places, try on different occupations, take on different points of view. That's what's always been sort of alluring.” ThinkingWorldTryingBelieveDifferentEnjoyHonestPoint Of ViewVarietyDifferent PlaceMake BelieveCharacterization Author:Lake Bell
“Actually, in my own life I think I probably feign neuroses to be more interesting than I am.” ThinkingMy OwnInterestingMy Own LifeNeurosis Author:Lake Bell
“I think coming to work and being absurd and neurotic and thoughtful at the same time is far more interesting.” ThinkingInterestingAbsurdThoughtfulNeurotic Author:Lake Bell
