Elizabeth Banks Quotes
I love improv. I do it with my co-star John Michael Higgins in both 'Pitch Perfect' films.
Quotes to Explore
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Interior design is a business of trust.
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The political system is not for the people. The people are secondary to the economy. It's about what generates money, not about what benefits the people.
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I don't like to make a big splash anyway.
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Politics is largely a matter of heart.
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If most American cities are about the consumption of culture, Los Angeles and New York are about the production of culture - not only national culture but global culture.
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Reputation is rarely proportioned to virtue.
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I like fashion, but I love, love, love music and film; they are my two passions. I would love to pursue my acting and my love of music more than anything.
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I did go through a phase where I played videogames quite often, but I haven't in a few years.
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Look at Islam in a rational manner and without demagoguery or emotion. It is the leading religion of the world with 1.5 billion followers.
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Every school should have well-rehearsed emergency response protocols covering a variety of possible scenarios, from fire to armed intruders. Schools should have good lines of communications with local emergency response officials and practice those relationships in drills and special exercises.
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In the beginning, when I was doing my shows, I was incorporating a lot of Spanish, just trying to be a Latino comic instead of just a comic. Now I try to make the show as broad as possible... I don't want to alienate people. I want to make it so everybody can follow along and everybody can relate.
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A minority group has 'arrived' only when it has the right to produce some fools and scoundrels without the entire group paying for it.
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I think architects tend to believe that they can almost do anything, which is a wonderful characteristic, but in some cases you just fall flat.
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I love Indian food, and my favourite dish is dal rice.
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The British tend to shy away from the spotlight. We don't like being singled out in any way, and I think that is something which is important for me to learn to do.
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When I say artist I mean the man who is building things - creating molding the earth - whether it be the plains of the west - or the iron ore of Penn. It's all a big game of construction - some with a brush - some with a shovel - some choose a pen.
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In today's world, it is no longer unimaginable to think that business can operate - and even thrive - in an environmentally-friendly manner.
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I just mean it's very difficult for me to watch my work, in some ways, because I am critical of what I didn't get across or I thought I was making one point.
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People have tried to corner the market on being offended, corner the market on language and corner the market on opinion. Should I lose my job 'cause I offended somebody? No, of course not. Your life should never be affected by public opinion.
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It is good to vary in order that you may frustrate the curious, especially those who envy you.
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'Chocolat' was a sort of statement of my own childhood, recognizing I experienced something from the end of the colonial era and the beginning of independence as I was a child that really made me aware of things I never forgot - a sort of childhood that made me different when I was a student in France.
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I hate that Alex [James] and Damon [Albarn]. I hope they catch AIDS and die.
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Technology is usually there to let some process go on hidden in the background. For us on 'MythBusters,' we're always trying to make the process apparent. So, we have learned to try and never rely on a technological solution when an analogue one is in front of us.
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I love improv. I do it with my co-star John Michael Higgins in both 'Pitch Perfect' films.
