Kristen Bell doesn’t need in Los Angeles anymore – in fact, she often wonders about a different life away from the big city.
The actress opened up about wanting a “slower” life during a conversation with her Nobody Wants This bosses Erin Foster and Sara Foster on “The World’s First Podcast.”
Kristen Bell Wants a ‘Slower’ Life
Kristen Bell would love a ‘slower’ life. BY: THE WORLD’S FIRST PODCAST/YOUTUBE
Speaking to the sisters, Kristen said that in L.A., “the prescription out here is hustle, and I want something to feel softer and slower.”
“It doesn’t have to feel like that,” she said. “Like, I’ve had plenty of days where I’ve been like, ‘Let’s just go, take a friend and let’s just go to lunch or go ride horses or walk around Griffith Park.'”
Kristen Bell Joked There Are Too Many Opportunities in L.A.
Kristen Bell has too many work commitments. BY: XAVIER COLLIN/IMAGE PRESS AGENCY / MEGA
The Veronica Mars actress added that moments like those are “fewer and far between than I’d like because when I’m here, it’s like someone’s calling being like, ‘Can you support this charity event? Can you show up at this thing for the show? Can you shoot this thing for me? A friend of a friend is making a short film and they want to get it seen. Can you be in it?'”
She quipped, “It’s, like, because of the amount of opportunities, I almost want to be away from opportunities. I know that sounds terrible.”
Kristen Bell Knows She Has a Privileged Perspective
Kristen Bell knows she’s blessed to have a successful career. BY: THE WORLD’S FIRST PODCAST/YOUTUBE
However, Kristen knows that she’s ready for a slower life because she’s hit so many milestones in her Hollywood career.
“I think that also comes with the privilege of sort of having a hit show ’cause if any of us were feeling like we were super struggling and we wanted more out of our creative ventures, I don’t think we’d be having this conversation,” she told Erin and Sara. “We’d be like, ‘I got to go to that thing ’cause I want to get noticed or I want to get my project seen.'”
She continued, “I’ve had the luxury of saying, ‘I’ve done it.’ I’ve been to the Oscars, I’ve been nominated for things. I’ve hit the mountain peaks, right? I’ve worn so many fancy dresses I can’t even see straight. But it’s only because of that I’ve learned that, ‘Oh, it’s still pretty empty.’ It didn’t make me feel any differently, but do you know what does always make me feel differently? When I’m home and clearheaded, I’m not doing something or emails or whatever’s on my to-do list, and I welcome my middle schoolers home. I say, ‘How was your day?’ I say, ‘Do you wanna cook dinner together?'”
Kristen Bell’s Career and Family Life
Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard have been married since 2013. BY: JOSEPH MARTINEZ / PICTURELUX / MEGA
Kristen is super famous by now, thanks to roles in Nobody Wants This, The Good Place and her breakout gig Veronica Mars.
She also famously voiced Gossip Girl on the hit series of the same name and Anna in Disney’s Frozen franchise, while appearing in films such as Forgetting Sarah Marshall and Bad Moms.
As for her family life, she has been married to fellow actor, and podcaster, Dax Shepard since 2013 and they share two daughters: Lincoln, 13, and Delta, 11.