Lake Bell Quotes

We are filmmakers, and we are specifically trying to entertain people.

I love to create, and to me, the ultimate freedom of expression is a blank canvas or a block of clay to capture whatever emotions your imagination gives it.

Artwork is not like a commercial business; there is no such thing as a schedule for art. You can't hurry art.

Film is just a great medium to express yourself and a great environment to work around.

Hollywood's a mecca, but it's not the final answer. You pick up a camera anyplace in the world, you can make a movie.

I make movies I want to see.

Toy Soldiers was my introduction to film. I certainly didn't think I was doing art by any stretch of the imagination.

It's all about having fun and shooting something that you like. Where it goes afterwards is up to the movie gods.

Directing is the ultimate way to bring together all the art forms I've been involved with over the years.

Film has the potential of allowing me to explore my own ideas, which I find very attractive.

I look at the film as an opportunity to see some bountifully creative minds do something that I could not do - tell the story with images. I can't wait to see what they do.

I think making a movie is like drawing or creating an art piece. The artwork reflects part of your personality, but not all.

I've always had this rule of thumb: If you have fun making it, then someone will have fun watching it.

Film has always been where my heart is.

Filmmaking is a chance to live many lifetimes.

I realized, because I've been doing these very small, character-driven movies, that this is entertainment. This is so much fun.

I like to entertain all kinds of audiences with my films.

Recording should be fun.

I had some great times doing competitions, but I have always been more into making movies because making movies is more about art and expressing yourself in a creative way.

I always thought that's the wonderful thing about filmmaking: people see things differently.

All I want to do is to make movies that are appealing to people.

Photography is an adventure just as life is an adventure.

One reason I was interested in photography was to get away from the preciousness of the art object.

Art takes whatever - and as long as - it takes.

Here's the truth you have to wrestle with: the reason that art (writing, engaging, leading, all of it) is valuable is precisely why I can't tell you how to do it. If there were a map, there'd be no art, because art is the act of navigating without a map. Don't you hate that? I love that there's no map.