Elizabeth Banks Quotes
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I think comedy has to be very fearless, or it just gets bland.
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If I ever complain about yachting around the Mediterranean with Madonna, who I just idolized as a child, I should be slapped across the face.
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I have a gay cousin who came out to my parents before he came out to his own. So I benefited from having a very open, supportive family, and I want to pass that on.
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I hope I'm Jessica Tandy, you know. I hope I'm onstage, and I fall over at 85 or something with everyone applauding thinking that it was a joke, you know, 'There she goes again,' and I'm just gone. I've gone to Heaven.
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Most men I know rely on women to do all the literal dirty work.
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What I love about Twitter specifically is that reciprocity is not guaranteed, nor expected. In other words, I can go one way. I can put things out. I don't have to respond to everybody.
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I love improv. I do it with my co-star John Michael Higgins in both 'Pitch Perfect' films.
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Violence against women is real and something I feel passionately about, and the gateway to all that is wolf whistling. It's allowing a man to impose his will on a woman who is just trying to walk down the street and live her life. It's all about unwanted versus wanted attention, and, of course, there's a fine line.
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I have very fond memories of the Eagles from my experience with 'Invincible' and my college days in Philadelphia. But I am a Massachusetts girl and a Pats fan.
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I love physical comedy. I love Oscar Wilde, I love Shakespeare comedies, I love improv.
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Portion control is a real problem. My husband and I always split one appetizer and one entree. I'm sure waiters hate us.
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Someone told me that having a baby is like having your heart walking around outside of your body, and I didn't understand it until I had a baby. Now, like, everything he does literally crushes my heart. In a great way. And then if he's in pain, it's like my whole endeavor is to make sure he's not in pain.
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I secretly harbor the fantasy of becoming an action star at any moment. I know I'd be great at it.
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When you have one kid, you feel like you can jet set around, and you can throw him on the hip, and you get your life done. You don't realize how easy one is until you have two. Now I'm really a mom. Oh, I am a mom now! This is for serious - I am responsible for two people now.
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I like my coffee light.
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I'm not a particularly shiny, happy person. I'm fairly cynical, and that's what draws me to comedy.
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I'm very genetically blessed; I cannot deny it, but I work hard at keeping myself together. Yes, I have nice cheekbones and skinny legs, but I can't take any credit for it.
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I'm a good role model. I have an amazing marriage, and it will be long lasting. I think I'm a good mom. I could run for office, no problem, because there are no skeletons in my closet.
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I've learned all my hair and makeup tricks on the set, and I incorporate all kinds of things when I'm getting ready, and I'm big on blotting papers. I get a very shiny forehead, which I like to call my inner glow coming out.
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When I was coming up, it was the golden age. It was Julia Roberts and Meg Ryan, and Reese Witherspoon was starting. You really had, 'Who is America's Next Sweetheart?' every couple of years. And then this sort of bromance slacker thing took over.
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All through my twenties, I lived in very walkable cities - Philadelphia, San Francisco, and New York.
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The sexism in Hollywood is not particularly overt - because the system is good at hiding it.
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I like entertaining people. I want to make big entertainment.
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Klutziness is endearing. I like imperfection.