Kristen Bell recalls being told she was not ‘pretty enough’ early in career

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Frozen star Kristen Bell says she was told she was not &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;pretty enough” during her early Hollywood career&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The actress&comma; whose TV roles include comedy series The Good Place&comma; said she would be judged on her appearance rather than her talent in auditions&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I remember early on&comma; getting feedback&comma; that I wasn’t enough in either category&comma;”<&sol;em> she told Vanity Fair&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I would get feedback from an audition&colon; &OpenCurlyQuote;Well&comma; you’re not pretty enough to play the pretty girl&comma; but you’re not quirky enough or weird enough to play the weird girl&period;&&num;8217&semi;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Bell&comma; who voices Princess Anna in Disney’s blockbuster Frozen films&comma; said she would leave auditions confused&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I was like&comma; &OpenCurlyQuote;Okay&comma; does that just mean I can’t be an actor&quest; What does that mean&comma;&&num;8217&semi;”<&sol;em> she said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;That’s what I was getting feedback on&comma; on every audition&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Bell&comma; 39&comma; said Hollywood has changed since she broke through in the early 2000s and it is rarer now for an actor to be judged purely on looks&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>She said&colon; <em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It’s this huge grey area now of all these beautiful stories you can tell… that have dimensional people that don’t have to be one thing&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Bell added&colon; <em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It’s not the 80s where you have to have the popular girl and then the nerd who gets the guy&period; It’s not that anymore and I’m really grateful for that&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It opens up a lot of opportunities for everyone to play and pretend&comma; which is the most fun part&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed7325a66f3">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; function &lpar;&rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; false &equals;&equals;&equals; &lpar; window&period;isWatlV1 &quest;&quest; false &rpar; &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&sol;&sol; Use Aditude scripts&period;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings &equals; window&period;tudeMappings &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings&period;push&lpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;divId&colon; 'atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed7325a66f3'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;format&colon; 'belowpost'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; document&period;readyState &equals;&equals;&equals; 'loading' &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;document&period;addEventListener&lpar; 'DOMContentLoaded'&comma; window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; else &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback&lpar;&rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;script>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>


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