Lake Bell
Lake Bell
Lake Siegel Bell is an American actress, director, screenwriter, and producer...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth24 March 1979
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
drama school years
I had had a huge background in the nuance of the accent because I went to drama school in England for four years.
jobs years sweat
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. When you're directing something that's generally two years of your life, you have to understand that. If I'm going to pour that kind of love and energy and sweat and heartache, all that juju into something, I'm going to lean into my own projects before someone else's.
jobs years lucky
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.
drama school years
I worked with an amazing dialect coach named Jill McCullough. We did Skype sessions while I was shooting "No Escape" in Thailand, actually. So three times a week I would have long, two-hour sessions with her just working on the nuance of the accent, which I had had a huge background in because I went to drama school in England for four years.
sad
You have to keep hobbies in L.A. Otherwise, it's sad.
bottom face moon
We know more about the face of the moon than we do about the bottom of the ocean,
responsibility tired acting
When I'm tired of taking on too much responsibility as a director I then look for an acting gig.
phrases vowels knows
I'm going to say a phrase or terminology or vowel that I don't know how to attack .
writing acting lucky
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.
morning use paper
I vowed to never use my American accent, and I didn't. Even going to get the paper in the morning to buying milk down at the shop, getting a cab, wherever.
voice mouths tongue
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.
ideas lucky actors
Something that has always attracted me to even taking on the occupation of actor is the idea that I could be lucky enough to portray different characterizations from different places in the world, whether it's speaking another language or taking on a dialect and building a history from where they were born. I was very attracted to that concept, in becoming an actor.
occupation want priceless
It's priceless what you learn when you actually do. The best education is effectively to be functioning in the occupation that you want to take on.
sweat heartache energy
If I'm going to pour that kind of love and energy and sweat and heartache, all that juju into something, I'm going to lean into my own projects before someone else's.