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.
Elizabeth BanksI'm not trying to have Jake Gyllenhaal's baby. I'm not a major fashionista. I'm not going through a lesbian phase. I'm just normal. I'm just really freakin' normal.
Elizabeth BanksSex is always funny. I don't find it sexy, I find it really horrifying. But it's an act that we need. And that need, that desire, is what makes it really funny.
Elizabeth BanksI like to say I don't have a fear of heights. I have a fear of human error. I'm very concerned about stupidity.
Elizabeth BanksPeople ask me how I stay thin, and I'm like, 'When you go to the grocery store, buy more bananas than cookies.'
Elizabeth BanksYou know, women in Hollywood, we don't get action franchises and superheroes. The rom-coms that made Julia Roberts, Sandra Bullock, and Reese Witherspoon stars are out of favor right now- nobody is making them. In this business, if you are an ambitious person, you don't wait for people to hand you opportunities. You have to make a way for yourself.
Elizabeth Banks