Elizabeth Banks
Elizabeth Banks
Elizabeth Banks is an American actress, producer, and director. Banks made her film debut in the low-budget independent film Surrender Dorothy, and is known for her roles in such films as Wet Hot American Summer, Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy, Seabiscuit, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Zack and Miri Make a Porno, Role Models, The Next Three Days, Pitch Perfect, The Lego Movie, and The Hunger Games films. In 2014, she portrayed Melinda Ledbetter, the girlfriend and later wife of the Beach Boys...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth10 February 1974
CityPittsfield, MA
CountryUnited States of America
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.
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.
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. I just think it's a really great tool to communicate with fans and influence conversations and raise awareness about things I'm interested in, that I think deserve some attention.
There's never enough money, there's never enough time, there's never enough reliable help around, anything you plan always goes wrong - it's just hard to be human, isn't it?
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.
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.
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.
I'm lucky to have worked with great actors, my whole career.
I'm always reaching to find something that will challenge me and make me do my best.
I imagine, in the future, life expectancy is long and they use crazy plastic surgery. Who the hell knows what's going on?
I love the finality of film. When you make a movie, you know the beginning, middle, and end.
I'm sort of the bossiest sister.
I'm really interested in making movies that people see: I've made a lot of independent films and it's really depressing when no one sees them.
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.