All through my twenties, I lived in very walkable cities – Philadelphia, San Francisco, and New York. Elizabeth Banks Read Quote
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 Read Quote
The sexism in Hollywood is not particularly overt – because the system is good at hiding it. Elizabeth Banks Read Quote
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? Elizabeth Banks Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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. Elizabeth Banks Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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. Elizabeth Banks Read Quote
Honestly, I am hoping to influence young people, and Twitter’s a great way to encourage them to lend their voice to the conversation. Any time you can show young people that you support gay friends and that there are gay people in the world who are lovely, happy, singing, and in love, it opens their minds. Elizabeth Banks Read Quote
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 Read Quote
