The producers had seen "In a World..." and that's where they found me out and consequently sought me out for this role [in Man up].
Lake BellThe reason I got into this business was for the privilege to exist in different genres and different worlds and play out different realities.
Lake BellI completely bombed the audition... I was insecure, stopping and starting. I went to the bathroom and cried.
Lake BellI'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.
Lake Bell