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
I’m forever writing, forever looking for something to direct or produce, and always on the hunt for a great role. – Lake Bell
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
‘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
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
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
There are a lot of funny people and a lot of unfunny people. Some of them are women and some of them are dudes. – Lake Bell
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
My mother is a beautiful writer. Writing letters back and forth with her was an athletic endeavor, and it became something I really looked forward to. – Lake Bell
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
The two things that hit you when you meet someone are, first, how they’re visually put together and then, what they tell you with the tone of their voice – whether or not they’re to be taken seriously. – Lake Bell
‘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
I hate bell peppers, which is annoying because they technically have my name all over them. – Lake Bell
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
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
I’m vegan on home base, but when I travel to other countries, I throw it all into the garbage. – Lake Bell
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
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
There have been times where you do the red carpet in a certain shoe, and you go into the bathroom, you take that shoe off, you put the other shoe on from your purse, and then you walk around for the rest of the night. – Lake Bell
Actually, in my own life I think I probably feign neuroses to be more interesting than I am. – Lake Bell
I’ll be totally honest in that I feel tremendously lucky that I am offered incredible jobs all the time to direct, but the problem that I have just personally is that there are only so many years in my life to dedicate to certain projects. – Lake Bell