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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. "
Elizabeth Banks
Face
Complain
Child
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" I do this system called TRX. It was developed by a Navy SEAL and is basically a simple cord that you can wrap around something anywhere, anytime, and you use your body weight as resistance. We installed one in our home gym, but you can also attach it to a tree. It's very easy to travel with. "
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Travel
Simple
Tree
" 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. "
Elizabeth Banks
Hope
Fall
Thinking
" 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. "
Elizabeth Banks
Starting
Up
You
" When I was in college I was accused of being a goody two-shoes. But every goody two-shoes has a bad side. "
Elizabeth Banks
Being
Side
College
" I love improv. I do it with my co-star John Michael Higgins in both 'Pitch Perfect' films. "
Elizabeth Banks
Pitch
Perfect
Love
" The sexism in Hollywood is not particularly overt - because the system is good at hiding it. "
Elizabeth Banks
Hiding
Sexism
System
" 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. "
Elizabeth Banks
Horse
Racing
Long
" I'm a physical comedian, and I don't get to show it off very often. "
Elizabeth Banks
Off
Very
Get
" I try not to repeat myself too often, but it's a gamble. 'Fred Claus' had three Oscar winners in it. No business - it was a bad movie. "
Elizabeth Banks
Try
Business
Three
" I like my coffee light. "
Elizabeth Banks
Coffee
Like
Light
" I am not afraid of much. I kill all the spiders in my house, and I'm planning to go skydiving. I am into girl power, and I'm very self-sufficient. "
Elizabeth Banks
I Am
Girl
House
" I love working with a stylist but I also love having personal relationships with designers. A stylist is great for pulling together an entire outfit, accessories included, and for shaking me out of my comfort zone. "
Elizabeth Banks
Love
Comfort Zone
Great
" 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. "
Elizabeth Banks
Love
Driving
Baseball
" One predictor for divorce is contempt, which to me is just another word for disrespect. "
Elizabeth Banks
Word
Me
Disrespect
" Your funny gets developed pretty early on. Comedy requires that you understand as much as possible about the viewpoints of all people and everything that's going on around you. It genuinely requires a true point of view, a real sense of your own view of things in the world. "
Elizabeth Banks
World
Funny
View
" I play Rock Band, which is Guitar Hero times ten. You can play with four people, so when you have parties, you have a real band. Nobody ever wants to sing, so I'm always the one throwing down on the mic. "
Elizabeth Banks
People
Guitar
Hero
" I really find that when I get on an airplane, I never drink anything but water, and I drink a ton of it. I like to sit in the window, but I'm always climbing over people to go to the bathroom. I'm that seatmate. But ya gotta do it. All about the water. "
Elizabeth Banks
Water
Drink
People
" 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. "
Elizabeth Banks
Women
Woman
Live
" I think comedy has to be very fearless, or it just gets bland. "
Elizabeth Banks
Fearless
Think
Just
" 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. "
Elizabeth Banks
Open
Family
Gay
" 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. "
Elizabeth Banks
Business
Same
Think
" I'm not a particularly shiny, happy person. I'm fairly cynical, and that's what draws me to comedy. "
Elizabeth Banks
Comedy
Me
Happy
" I played softball. I was on an all-star team. I traveled with the team. I loved it. "
Elizabeth Banks
Played
Traveled
Team
" Producing never stops. It's 24/7. "
Elizabeth Banks
Producing
Never
Stops
" 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. "
Elizabeth Banks
Work
Healthy
Food
" I directed plays in college. It's something that I have sort of always put in the back of my mind, and I'm a busy actress, and it's very difficult to sort of find the time, honestly, to commit to directing. It's a very - it's a big, big job. "
Elizabeth Banks
Back
Time
Mind
" I didn't quite believe I was pretty for a long time. I never thought about it. "
Elizabeth Banks
Long
Time
Thought
" 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. "
Elizabeth Banks
People
Power
You
" 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. "
Elizabeth Banks
Bad
Life
Eat
" 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. "
Elizabeth Banks
Good
Amazing
Think