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" My father always made an amazing meatloaf, and I've inherited his skill. Leftover meatloaf in a sandwich? Come on! "

Elizabeth Banks

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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 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. "

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

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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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" I love stories about misfits and underdogs. "

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

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" '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. "

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" When you live in a leading lady's body, which I do, you have to constantly prove that you are funny. "

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" 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. "

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" 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

" I grew up sort of lower working class. And I just didn't want to have the money struggles that my parents had. You know, I could just - as loving an environment I grew up in - and I grew up in a great home, a very loving home - but, you know, we had that stress. We had that stress in our life. "

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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. "

Elizabeth Banks

" I had an audition for Mary Jane Watson in 'Spiderman' and ended up playing Betty Brant in that series. I auditioned for Amy Adams' role in 'Catch Me If You Can' and, you know, ended up playing the bank teller. So there were a lot of times early on where I felt like I was always sort of the bridesmaid, never the bride - never quite right. "

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" The sexism in Hollywood is not particularly overt - because the system is good at hiding it. "

Elizabeth Banks

" 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. "

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" I played softball. I was on an all-star team. I traveled with the team. I loved it. "

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" My favorite event each year is the Yankees-Red Sox series. Love seeing passions run hot among the fans, especially when both teams are in the running for the playoffs. "

Elizabeth Banks

" 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

" 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

" Every once in a while I play a true idiot, and they're really fun to play. "

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" My acting gives me my self-worth. "

Elizabeth Banks

" I'm afraid of a cappella. I don't read music, and I have a hard time harmonizing. Basically, I'm a melody singer only. "

Elizabeth Banks

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

Elizabeth Banks

" I like my coffee light. "

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" I grew up in a very small town, but it happened to be in western Massachusetts, where there were a lot of gay people. I remember my aunt going to a gay wedding when I was 11, and I thought it was the coolest thing. "

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" I don't stay in my trailer. I like to sit in video village, probably to the annoyance of some producers and directors, because they really love to talk about actors, and they can't in front of me. "

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" I do try to eat healthy, and I find that's easiest when I just avoid the Doritos aisle at the grocery store. "

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" I suppose the best advice I ever got, frankly the advice that changed my life, came from my uncle who told me to go to drama school and study acting instead of taking a job, because he said the job would always be there. "

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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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" 'Hunger Games' is a tried-and-true tale about a totalitarian society. It's more similar to China than America, but it's also similar to Nazi Germany and anywhere where the populace gets semi-brainwashed into serving the agenda of a very few. "

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