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" I can hang with the dudes because I love beef and baseball and driving fast and flirting. I understand where men are coming from, and I'm interested in typically male endeavors. But I can also wear the short skirt and cheerlead. "

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" It's not good to put in a magazine what I weigh because it's too little. People freak out when they hear what I weigh. They think, 'Oh, you're too skinny.' "

Elizabeth Banks

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" I went to drama school. I'm classically trained; I studied Shakespeare, blah blah blah. But I always preferred to do Oscar Wilde, or Shakespeare's comedies over his dramas. "

" When I was in college I was accused of being a goody two-shoes. But every goody two-shoes has a bad side. "

" I'm not a particularly shiny, happy person. I'm fairly cynical, and that's what draws me to comedy. "

Elizabeth Banks

Comedy

Happy

" I didn't quite believe I was pretty for a long time. I never thought about it. "

" You have got to have an agent. It's a business. But I think there is a way to be artful and commercial at the same time. "

" One predictor for divorce is contempt, which to me is just another word for disrespect. "

Elizabeth Banks

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" I think people respond to me as a down-to-Earth, girl-next-door person, because I am one of those people. That's something I don't have to act very hard at. "

Elizabeth Banks

People

Person

" 'Thank you' is often an admission that you needed something that wasn't being fulfilled or you couldn't do on your own, so you needed someone else. There is also guilt. We think, 'Well, too much time has gone by, and it doesn't matter,' but it does. It always matters. "

" Portion control is a real problem. My husband and I always split one appetizer and one entree. I'm sure waiters hate us. "

" All through my twenties, I lived in very walkable cities - Philadelphia, San Francisco, and New York. "

" I love Prada shoes. I cannot get enough of them. Or Valentino. "

" Producing never stops. It's 24/7. "

" I work out with our trainer, Jocelynne Boschen of Alpha Sport L.A., hike a lot, and eat healthy. I love cooking so prepare a lot of my own food and avoid processed foods. No fast food. No soda. "

" Some big actresses told me a few things that inspired me. One said that the biggest challenge for a female actress was to make sure they are not profoundly bored. Another told me to just do whatever you want - do anything. "

" These properties that get made into movies, some are easier than others. When they first said, 'Yeah, they're making a movie out of Lego,' I said, 'Lego what? What does that even mean?' And it's such a good concept. "

" My acting gives me my self-worth. "

" 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. "

" I'm a physical comedian, and I don't get to show it off very often. "

" I went to a few really bad commercial auditions because I needed the money, and when you booked a commercial, your life was made: you could eat. "

" I was an early adopter of the 'Hunger Games.' I read them before they were best sellers - I was on the pre-order wait list for 'Mockingjay' on Amazon. "

" Sometimes I'm sexy, and sometimes I'm not. "

Elizabeth Banks

Sometimes

Sexy

" I love improv. I do it with my co-star John Michael Higgins in both 'Pitch Perfect' films. "

" 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. "

" My father is a huge horse racing fan, so I was introduced to the sport long before 'Seabiscuit.' But the role made me an even bigger fan. Horse racing is one of my favorite sports. "

" Comedy often comes at the expense of others, and to do that smartly, you don't want to make fun of vulnerable people. You want to make fun of people in power, and so you need to really understand the dynamics of power. "

" I actually think that secrets are just a part of human nature and that everybody should have some. "

" I have such a respect for comedy. It's a lot harder than doing drama, in my opinion; you have to have sort of an innate sense of humor. There are rules to comedy you can learn. But ultimately, it really does require a certain point of view on the world, and that really does appeal to me. "

Elizabeth Banks

Humor

Respect

" I think the hardcore fans can expect exactly what both 'The Hunger Games' and 'Catching Fire' delivered: 'Mockingjay' is going to be as faithful a rendition of Suzanne's Collins's world and books and characters as we can put out! "

" 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. "

Elizabeth Banks

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Baby