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| Kristen Bell Quotes |
(On what she's doing this summer) Kristen: I'm doing a movie called Forgetting Sarah Marshall, which is Judd Apatow's (The 40 Year Old Virgin) new movie. Jason Segel (How I Met Your Mother) wrote and is starring in it. Nick Stoller is directing. It's really, really funny, and I'm very excited to be involved in it.
(on her character, Veronica and Logan) Kristen: I love Jason [Dohring], but I don't really care for Logan. He doesn't treat Veronica like she deserves to be treated. I think Duncan treated [her right]. I want to see a man who steps up to the plate and stops screwing around as Logan does. If my boyfriend were sleeping with another woman at the same time, I'd be like, "See ya." But for some reason Veronica hangs around. The characters they developed have a very charismatic relationship, and I know the fans love them together.
Kristen (on if the second season wasn't as sharp as the first season): I don't know if I can judge because I don't really watch them; I just have the experience of shooting them. Reading the scripts every week, I thought [Season 2] was just as good. They did a great job of keeping it fresh and not repeating everything we did. Rob added a couple of new dynamics, and I thought that was great.
Kristen (on being nominated for an Emmy): I'm not really into judging my merits or the merits of the show in contests like that. I know we're doing a great job.
(on the Season 2 DVD set of "Veronica Mars" which came out Aug. 22 2006) Kristen: We haven't done any commentaries, but I know they're putting together a gag reel — like, me running up onto the curb with the car 1,000 times. You want to know the ironic thing? I'm really good at driving that car backward, backing up into places. The Teamster guys are always going, "You're really a good backward driver!" But driving it forward, man... I'm totally out of control!
Kristen (on which musical she is dying to do): Oh, god, there are thousands. I'd do pretty much anything to get back on stage. I'd like to develop a new musical. I nearly had a heart attack when I heard that they're developing John Waters' Cry-Baby because that is so amazing and super and wonderful and I wish that I could be involved. But it's not the right time and I understand that. But I hear things like that and I get that little tingle in my stomach.
Kristen (when asked if she goes to Broadway musicals): I do. I go twice a year to see shows, and I always have friends doing projects. Some day!
(On being a vegetarian) Kristen: I have always been an animal lover. I had a hard time disassociating the animals I cuddled with-dogs and cats, for example - from the animals on my plate, and I never really cared for the taste of meat. I always loved my Brussels sprouts.
(On figuring out the mysteries on 'Veronica Mars') Kristen: Rob loves to be a tease. But I've picked up a lot. I ask guest stars, So... how long are you contracted for? That usually tells me something.
(On Chris Lowell's character Piz on 'Veronica Mars') Kristen: He's goofy, and he is silly, and he talks too fast, and he's a little too energetic for his own good, and he's charismatic in a completely different way than Jason plays Logan.
Kristen: You hate those shows that you hear about, ones that are so good but if you don't get them from the beginning, you can't be part of them.
(On karaoke) Kristen: I can rock out anything. I mean, I can rock out a little Time After Time. I can do a little Grease Lightning. It depends on the mood, but we do go karaoke, my friends and I in Los Angeles, and it's a lot of fun.
Kristen: I love Teddy (Dunn) and he's a very dear friend. Everybody was sad to see him go.
(On Veronica and Duncan's relationship on 'Veronica Mars') Kristen: There was a very Romeo and Juliet sense to Veronica and Duncan's love life. They wanted to be together and couldn't be, which this only amplifies.
(On Veronica and Logan's relationship in 'Veronica Mars') Kristen: I think that Logan and Veronica have such a chemistry together that it's rarely going to fall in the category of normal. It's always going to be hate or extreme love and passion.
(On following 'Gilmore Girls' on the CW next season) Kristen: (WB shows like 'Gilmore') have a handle on the demographic we drool over.
(On why she liked the pilot script for 'Veronica Mars') Kristen: I loved Veronica right off the bat. She was so strong and I think it is so important because there are so few shows that portray women, especially young women, as being strong and being able to stand up for themselves.
(On being a few units short of completing her degree in drama at NYU) Kristen: The weird thing is they gave me credit for bringing people coffee (as an intern), but they wouldn't give me credit for being on a Broadway stage every night.
(On lamenting the fact that many recognize her from her abbreviated scene during the credits of 'Pootie Tang.' ) Kristen: People recognize me for that more than anything else. And I'm like, You know, I just did this David Mamet movie...oh, whatever. I'm the girl from 'Pootie Tang', fine.
(On her father-daughter chemistry with on-screen dad Enrico Colantoni) Kristen: They did some testing on our scenes, and they said it went through the roof! Something at the network, like they had monkeys watch it or something.
(On her first reaction to the 'Veronica Mars' pilot script) Kristen: When I read the script, I was like, This is UPN?
Is UPN the new WB?
(Kristen had personal experience to draw on in playing a teen whose best friend died young. When she was 18 she lost her best friend to an auto accident.) Kristen: When you have a loss at such a young age, you become bitter and jaded and your whole perspective changes. Veronica wouldn't be who she is without it.
(On building a following for VM) Kristen: We just have to keep working and hope people will open their minds to a network they haven't (watched) before.
(On casting Kristen in the role of Veronica Mars) Show creator Rob Thomas: Veronica out-savvies people. Kristen has to play really, really smarter than you. Hiring this NYU-trained Broadway actress is so much different from casting another pretty L.A. girl.
(In Maxim) Kristen: I rarely wear clothes when I'm home by myself. I love making breakfast naked. But you've got to make sure the gardener's not coming that day.
What is this, Desperate Housewives?
Kristen: I'm an awful driver. I'm not going to lie about it. I'm not a good driver. I tried for a long time to pretend that I was. There's a lot of road rage and a lot of times it's directed at something I've done on the road.
(On Veronica Mars)
Kristen: I like that it's a female heroine, that it's a role model, and I like that it's strong, tough female able to be feminine. When you actually watch it, it's very relatable. Buffy was a female heroine, but she was fighting vampires.
Kristen: I've been very lucky in the characters I've chosen. Up until last year I was a nobody. I did jobs I booked because I needed to put food in my mouth.
(In In Touch Magazine) Kristen: I'm not a risk taker. I don't do plunging necklines or really short skirts. I try to stay as classy as possible and provide a little mystery.
(From Maxim Magazine on her steamy bathtub scene in the horror film Pulse) Kristen: There aren't many suds, but they shot it very tastefully. (edit)
(On looking so young) Kristen: I didn't have the luxury to choose about how old I could play because I just look that young, and I blatantly get carded at R-rated movies. Someone asked my 30-year old boyfriend once if I was his daughter.
(on her favourite episodes of Veronica Mars)Kristen: I have two. I really liked the episode, I think it was 3 - the episode where we saw the flashback of where Duncan and Lilly and Logan and Veronica went to prom. ["The Wrath of Con"]. It was the first time that they really delved into the history behind all of those characters, and I thought that that was really cool and very moving to see how they all used to be so close, and how the sort of shattered lives that they live now. And I also - I really liked the purity test one. I thought it was so much fun. And we all ended up printing out the purity test, among the crew and stuff, and we all took it, and just giggled the whole week about our scores and stuff. So we were making jokes and posting letters on peoples' chairs and stuff.
Kristen:I'm carded for R-rated movies. And I get talked down to a lot. When I try to go rent a car or buy an airplane ticket or other stuff adults do, I get 'Okaaaaaay, honey.' I remember when I was 18, getting crayons in a restaurant.
Kristen: I'm not in the business of becoming famous. And that's the advice I give to younger aspiring actors. Work onstage and do the little roles. In the end it's not important to be seen. It's important to do. There's a lot of disappointment in this business, but my family keeps me grounded.
(Kristen graced the cover of Maxim magazine's March 2006 issue) Kristen: I loved Catholic school. I didn't like being beeped at by old pervs at the gas station because I was wearing a plaid skirt, though. It's like, do you think I'm going to stop and give you my phone number?
(On his relationship with Kristen) Enrico Colatoni: It's rare when two actors like each other so much. And slowly, I have become a surrogate father to her. And I guess she's a surrogate daughter. But my feelings for her were immediately paternal, and loving and I just appreciate her so much, and I think that's what comes off for both of us.
(To PARADE magazine April 30, 2006 Kristen Bell: There are so few strong roles for women, especially young women. And Veronica is very serious but also very likable. She’s a lone wolf, and it appeals to people that she isn’t rich and doesn’t have a lot of friends. No posse. She’s just like you, like most of us.
(On whether she is a Logan or a Duncan girl) Kristen Bell: I gotta go with Duncan. All girls hit that phase where they like the bad boy. I grew out of that really young and I have a wonderful guy in my life who's not a bad boy at all. I like the satiric, consistent nice guy.
(On the possibility that Michael Cera and Alia Shawkat may appear next season) Kristen Bell: I think there's a definite chance you could see them again. We had such a blast shooting with those kids. Everybody here watches Arrested Development obsessively, so we were all like geeky fans.
(On Pulse co-star Ian Somerhalder) Kristen Bell: I don't have a problem with Ian. Ian is just too pretty.
(Her thoughts on being an actress) Kristen Bell: As an actor and as a woman willing to step outside of her comfort zone, I admire actresses that do that, like Cameron Diaz in Being John Malkovich. Any woman who's willing to not look beautiful. A lot of this business is based on looks.
Kristen tells PARADE magazine (April 30, 2006), Veronica Mars will take the next three years of my life. But I’m green with envy at my pals who are working now on Broadway. I love musicals, and I love singing.
(On fellow Veronica Mars cast member Enrico Colantoni) Kristen Bell: Rico is probably by far my favorite because we have a lot of stuff together every episode – more so than I do with any of the boys. He is one of the most generous individuals I've ever met and has taken on the role of father in my life. He's super-concerned for me about things and he's always asking how I am and if I'm okay. I feel like someone has that watchful eye on me; comfort and security – he really has that. We also get along really well. Our sense of humor is the same so we just laugh all day. He's a wonderful, wonderful man.
(On the mysteries on Veronica Mars) Kristen: When I see a mystery, like a movie or a TV show, I want to know the details. So I figured when I got cast that I would be able to have all the inside info and know what's going on, but I really don't. They don't tell me anything. It's just as frustrating as being a viewer being on the show because I really only know details two weeks in advance – I don't know who killed Lilly. But I do like mysteries a lot, and what I think is cool is that it's fun to see the intelligence behind it, in a script, to see, 'Oh my gosh, THAT'S how she pieced it together.'
(On her fellow Veronica Mars cast members) Kristen Bell: The boys – they're all fun. Percy [who plays Wallace] is hysterical and Teddy's the same way. Teddy [who plays Duncan] is so sweet, and I love watching Jason [who plays Logan] act because he's such a good actor and there's so much coming up for him in the series and as an actor, I've learned a lot from him because I've just been able to watch him and he's so intense. Francis [who plays Weevil] is awesome and hysterical. I think we're lucky because there's not a bad egg.
(On publicity from Veronica Mars) Kristen Bell: In the beginning, [the press] was centered a lot around me and the ensemble didn't do much at all. Now, once a month, we do a mall tour where we go to a different city and do a big signing and the whole cast is there. That has a much more ensemble feeling and that takes a lot of the pressure off because you're going as one.
On horror movies Kristen: I get really scared. Like when the lights are out, I am kind of a wuss. (After watching Kairo) I didn’t wanna pick up my phone.
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