Lake Bell Quotes

I love acting. I take it day by day. I would really love to produce my own stuff and other stuff.

I want to write, act, and direct!

I enjoy the acting, but I didn't plan on that. It fell into my lap, and I'm having a lot of fun with it, but I'm definitely moving towards directing because I'm naturally a writer, and I think a good director edits, writes, and has acted a little bit. He's done a little bit of everything, and that's what I'm trying to do.

Being an actor started me writing, and that led to directing.

To be an actor, you have to be self-obsessed, but when you are a filmmaker, you get a macro view. Every aspect of making the film is under your purview. And for me, that is a bigger turn-on than just being an actress.

Producing is hell, writing is frustrating, acting is really satisfying, directing is heaven.

I started acting when I was really young. I knew I wanted to be in the industry in other ways. I knew that I wanted to do more than just act. I don't know that I knew it was screenwriting, but I just knew that I wanted to be involved.

I want to write, direct, produce, but in steps. I want to take steps. I don't want to just jump in because I sold a lot of records and just feel like I can jump into the movie world. Naw, I want to learn the movie world like I learned the music world.

I'd say I'm definitely an actor first and foremost, but I love filmmaking.

If I have enough ego to say I'm a writer, a director, a producer, and an actor, I should have the energy and the knowledge to write a scene for this great actor named Henry Fonda and direct him in it and have it work.

I really like acting but, just now, the more I read a script I find myself thinking I'd like to direct rather than act.

Acting is always at the core of my life, but I'm also excited about producing. I'm excited about directing, and I have a life in the filmmaking world, and so I want to explore all aspects of it, not just the acting, but acting is the root.

My passion is becoming involved in good work, whether that means as an actor or writer or director or producer or all - that is not as important to me.

I have fun acting, and I want to do more of it, and I want to direct my own movie.

I think I'm drawn to films more as a director with a directorial mind even as an actor. I make movies to make the films, not to act.

Honestly, I really, really love making movies. It's so much fun, and I love losing myself in the moment and just being there with other actors. When you're truly in the moment and you're feeding each other, it's such an exciting thing to be a part of.

I guess what I enjoy most is directing, because it incorporates all aspects of filmmaking. Directing is in the same line as acting - both are popularity contests, and in both you're trying to tell a story through the film as a medium.

I've been interested in the writing/directing thing and really fell into acting by complete accident.

As a director, I've been able to combine with what I've learned as an actor and as a producer: it melds quite nicely into what I feel like I should have been doing all along.

I just like to act and write and produce. To me, making movies is the ultimate goal.

I love making movies and hope to write my own screenplay someday and do some producing and be behind-the-scenes as well.

Why do I continue making movies? Making movies is better than cleaning toilets.

I position everything else in my life around making movies.

As an actress you can participate, you can be a co-author, help the director. But I always wanted to be able to make the big decisions.

Yeah, the whole 'One Tree Hill' experience made me realize I wanna write, and produce, and direct as well as act. I'm interested in all facets of the industry.