Elizabeth Banks Quotes

I have such a respect for comedy. It's a lot harder than doing drama, in my opinion; you have to have sort of an innate sense of humor. There are rules to comedy you can learn. But ultimately, it really does require a certain point of view on the world, and that really does appeal to me.

Elizabeth Banks

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actress
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 10, 1974

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Love is friendship set on fire.

Jeremy Taylor

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Have you ever seen a pedant with a warm heart?

Johann Kaspar Lavater

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One of the ideas I've clung to most of my life is that if I just try hard enough it will work out.

Meghan O'Rourke

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I had my autograph down by the age of 13. I used to sign it everywhere.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor

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I've heard that I'm 'the future of tennis.' But that's all just random stuff.

Sloane Stephens

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I think men are more adventurous in that they're more likely to take chances. Women play it safe. But now, maybe more of the women that see how it's working for the guys think, 'I can do that, too'. Maybe they'll pick male players, not necessarily female players; it's just whatever that match is that works for that player.

Martina Navratilova

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I hope Hong Kong and Asia wants to hire American Asian actresses as much as Hollywood has been hiring Chinese actors from Asia.

Ming-Na Wen

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I have so many peers who say, 'I need to get away from my parents,' because even though they love the business and they love their parents, they feel like they are letting their parents down if they don't work to the bone. As a parent, you should be the safe place.

Dove Cameron

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'A Christmas Carol' has been described as the most perfect of Dickens's works and as a quintessential heart-warming story, and it is certainly the most popular.

Claire Tomalin

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When people talk, it matters how they place words next to each other.

Svetlana Alexievich

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I had to make a living, so I got happily diverted into writing about expeditions and adventures.

Peter Heller

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Desire is the first thing a modern dancer should have. Skill can be developed. But if you don't have desire as a modern dancer, forget it.

Twyla Tharp

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