Lake Bell Quotes

There's nothing that can beat the feeling of doing a movie or a TV show that makes everyone feel good.

I think, if you can, it's OK to put something in a movie because it makes you feel good.

At the end of the day, I'm writing in a genre that isn't highly regarded.

When you go to the movie theater and the opening of this movie and you see the kids just cracking up with a character you are giving your voice to, you get goose bumps. It's so beautiful.

I like romantic comedy as a genre, but I think it can get stuck in its ways.

I love movies that make me cry, because they're tapping into a real emotion in me, and I always think afterwards: how did they do that?

I think romantic comedy, when done right, is my favorite genre. It's just a genre that's very human.

All I want to do is a rom-com, but you know, people see me as an action person because the first movie that was seen by a lot of the public would be 'Hitman.'

There are some actors that are so gifted, that move you in such a way that every time you see their names again, you go and pay another ticket because you want to have that experience again.

When it's good, cinema can be one of the most important things in a person's life. A film can be a catalyst for change. You witness this and it is an incredibly spiritual experience that I'd never lived before; well, maybe only in a football match.

It's harder and harder to make a well-done romantic comedy these days because the conventions have been so played out.

I've seen 'Babel' four times. And each time I realize anew what a monumental project that had been for me.

I hate the term 'rom-com.'

One of the joys of going to the movies was that it was trashy, and we should never lose that.

I guess I didn't even know the word 'genre' until I did 'True Blood.' That's how naive I was, and I didn't realize that there was a point of view about certain types of TV. And so I guess I found it disappointing that there is a segment of the critical community that looks at genre as something that is separate, less than.

Foreign audiences are used to seeing Mexico in other sorts of movies. 'Casi divas' is a step toward a more commercially successful cinema, without the violence, blood and exaggerations. The movie reflects a more human Mexico, while remaining a chick flick, although it is not a romantic comedy.

'Breaking Away' was a great experience. It's the kind of movie that engenders a lot of goodwill from people. It's a movie that they cherish. and I feel very welcomed and accepted by people because of that.

Listen, I think movies serve many different purposes, from those movies that are frivolous and just an entertainment, to movies that just go to exploring the complexities of the human soul. Everything is valid if it's done with honesty and dignity, and I actually do both of those types of movies in my career.

I want to make it clear: it's not that I hate mainstream cinema. It's perfectly fine. There are a lot of people who need to escape, because they are in very difficult situations, so they have the right to escape from the world. But this has nothing to do with an art form.

For me, there is nothing more valuable than how people feel in a movie theater about a movie.

I like movies a lot, and I feel really excited when I see a movie that moves me the right way.

It has been said that I make chick flicks. This is not a compliment.

I'd always been quite wary of doing a romantic comedy. They all seem the same to me.

Usually you talk about directors in terms of the way they choose camera lenses or a kind of light to create a certain effect. But to me the most valuable commodity for a movie to create is a feeling of life, and that's what A Hard Day's Night has in spades.

I first saw 'They Shoot Horses, Don't They?' when I was very young. Its transporting qualities were so strong that I felt like I had lived it. Only recently, with adult eyes, was I able to metabolize how tragic a tale it really is.