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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.

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Lake Bell
Age: 45
Born: 1979
Born: March 24
Actor
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New York City
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Lake Siegel Bell
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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.
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I think coming to work and being absurd and neurotic and thoughtful at the same time is far more interesting.
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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.
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Part of why I love being an actor is the opportunity to be able to go to distant lands and take on different worlds and concepts and pretend to take on different occupations and statuses.
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When I'm tired of taking on too much responsibility as a director I then look for an acting gig.
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When I do an accent I commit fully and take it very seriously.
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Actually, in my own life I think I probably feign neuroses to be more interesting than I am.
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You have to be steadfast, and right now I'm on a stream train forward to make.
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I'm going to say a phrase or terminology or vowel that I don't know how to attack .
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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.
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When you're a director, you have great respect for directors. I am really pretty loyal to any director that I am working for and I want to help them realize whatever story and mood and tone that they're trying to realize. As an actor, you really just are a cog - you are an important cog, but you are just a piece of the machine.
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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.
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It's like the most profound accomplishment that I've had in my career, that I can finally be that voice.
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I think great directors really respect their actors and vice versa. That mutual respect makes the job fun instead of anything but.
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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.
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The reason I got into this business was for the privilege to exist in different genres and different worlds and play out different realities.
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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.
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I'm not a sketch writer. I know what I am: I have a sensitive comedic sensibility. What turns me on is subtle neurosis. That's my game. I'm not an action writer or a thriller writer and I'm not a sketch writer. I don't pretend to be those things. Then it would not be fun. Then you are in a space where this is painful.
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There are a lot of funny people and a lot of unfunny people. Some of them are women and some of them are dudes.
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I had had a huge background in the nuance of the accent because I went to drama school in England for four years.
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