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

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Elizabeth Banks
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: February 10
Actor
Actress
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
Screenwriter
Television Actor
Voice Actor
Pittsfield
Massachusetts
Elizabeth Irene Banks
Elizabeth Irene Mitchell
Idiot
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I'm lucky to have worked with great actors, my whole career.
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I really like action. I really liked running around. I loved being really physical. I'm a big believer in it's okay if this job is really about entertaining people.
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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 met my husband in college, and we've been together for 21 years - it's the thing I'm most proud of in my life. We were trying to figure out how we could make our lives as flexible as possible and do something we both really enjoyed.
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It's really hard to stay healthy over the long term of making a movie so that's why those things matter when you're trying to keep your health, literally.
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Most men I know rely on women to do all the literal dirty work.
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As an actor, you go through life thinking This stop is the last stop, so you just put your heart and soul into everything and do your best work.
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I do want to work on a larger scale with bigger budgets partially as a way to prove that women can do that, for sure. I definitely feel a bit of a responsibility to do that.
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I mean time management is a big factor in my life. I'm a very organized person. You can only do one thing at a time, so that's the main way I do everything. When I'm with my kids, I'm with my kids. When I'm directing a movie, I'm directing a movie. When I'm making Magic Mike, I'm making Magic Mike. So you just really have to fragment and focus.
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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.
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I am never embarrassed by something that makes people laugh.
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I'm perfectly happy to have the reputation as a comedian. I love comedies, I would love to be doing more comedies. But I also feel like I hit the limit on playing the girlfriend type in a lot of rom-coms that aren't actually rom-coms, but guy movies that happen to have girls in them.
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I really enjoy the direct dialogue with the fans. I'm very cognizant of my audience. I'm a trained storyteller and entertainer, and I know I wouldn't be able to work at the level I work at if people didn't enjoy what I did.
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I think it's important to present role models for young women coming up. I really do believe you can't be what you can't see, and representation matters. So, for me, it's the idea of putting women in media in ways that present them as having power, being heard, being true to themselves, and done from the perspective of women.
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I'm not interested in making movies only with female protagonists. I think it's ridiculous to think that a female director can't direct men. That makes no sense to me.
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You always agree with other actor beforehand: Are we going to fake it or are you OK with me hitting you? I've never met an actor who doesn't want to really go there. I would be disappointed in myself if I was like Don't hit me.
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So knowing that you can actually help yourself stay healthy over a long shoot where you get no sleep and what you eat really matters. It really mattered that there was a juice bar. You know?
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I love physical comedy. I love Oscar Wilde, I love Shakespeare comedies, I love improv.
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When I was in college I was accused of being a goody two-shoes. But every goody two-shoes has a bad side.
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As an actor myself, the opportunity to sing and dance and be dramatic and be funny - it's really irresistible to actors. You get to show all sides of your talent.
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