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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. "

Elizabeth Banks

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" 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. "

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" I'm not a fan of plastic surgery. Oh, and I've never had a wax in my life. Waxing makes no sense to me because you have to grow it out to wax 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. "

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

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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.' "

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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" The great thing about Twitter is, you get a lot back, and I read through a lot, and I want my fans to know that I do read a lot, and it's why I do respond or retweet clever posts, and I'm constantly amazed by the cleverness of people on Twitter. "

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

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" I love stories about misfits and underdogs. "

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" Normally for photo shoots I get a full wax, some tanning, a facial. "

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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 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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" I think comedy has to be very fearless, or it just gets bland. "

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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 love physical comedy. I love Oscar Wilde, I love Shakespeare comedies, I love improv. "

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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. "

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" Predicting what content is going to fly is like looking into a crystal ball. I try not to say, 'Yeah, 'Bridesmaids' opened the door to make more movies about women.' I mean, did it? I don't know; where are they? "

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" Most men I know rely on women to do all the literal dirty work. "

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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 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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" I like entertaining people. I want to make big entertainment. "

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" 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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" The only reason ever to make a sequel is to spend more time with the characters that people love: to tell more of their story. "

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" 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. "

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