When I'm tired of taking on too much responsibility as a director I then look for an acting gig.
Lake BellI find the female tragedy of insecurity to be hilarious. We get obsessed over issues like the tiny skin tags on our backs or that we're fat. You read one line in a magazine and it sends you into a tailspin.
Lake BellActually, in my own life I think I probably feign neuroses to be more interesting than I am.
Lake BellWhen 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.
Lake Bell