Quotes from Lake Bell


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But I'd say 'How to Make It in America' is the most accurate depiction of the New York hipster community on television for sure.


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.


If I write something, and I'm going to put in all that love and energy, I want to direct it.


I'm organized, but receipts tend to mess up my system. They're barbarians! So I store them in a notepad.


I'm forever writing, forever looking for something to direct or produce, and always on the hunt for a great role.


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.


I love accents in general. I'm obsessed with dialects, and I had to write a whole movie about it called 'In a World...'


I hate bell peppers, which is annoying because they technically have my name all over them.


I did accents and funny voices for the family when I was growing up.


I certainly felt like my life had been enriched and had also changed forever when I took 'In A World...' to Sundance.


I am somebody who is constantly hungry to nibble on something.


I'm vegan on home base, but when I travel to other countries, I throw it all into the garbage.


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.


I love fashion. I always have. When I was a kid, I was in almost full-on costumes when I went to school, and I've retained a bit of that in my adulthood.


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.


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.


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.


There are a lot of funny people and a lot of unfunny people. Some of them are women and some of them are dudes.


Actually, in my own life I think I probably feign neuroses to be more interesting than I am.


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.