Elizabeth Banks
Elizabeth Banks

I love improv. I do it with my co-star John Michael Higgins in both 'Pitch Perfect' films.

Elizabeth Banks
Elizabeth Banks

I played softball. I was on an all-star team. I traveled with the team. I loved it.

Elizabeth Banks
Elizabeth Banks

I had an audition for Mary Jane Watson in 'Spiderman' and ended up playing Betty Brant in that series. I auditioned for Amy Adams' role in 'Catch Me If You Can' and, you know, ended up playing the bank teller. So there were a lot of times early on where I felt like I was always sort of the bridesmaid, never the bride - never quite right.

Elizabeth Banks
Elizabeth Banks

I grew up sort of lower working class. And I just didn't want to have the money struggles that my parents had. You know, I could just - as loving an environment I grew up in - and I grew up in a great home, a very loving home - but, you know, we had that stress. We had that stress in our life.

Elizabeth Banks
Elizabeth Banks

Sometimes I'm sexy, and sometimes I'm not.

Elizabeth Banks
Elizabeth Banks

I do try to eat healthy, and I find that's easiest when I just avoid the Doritos aisle at the grocery store.

Elizabeth Banks
Elizabeth Banks

I'm not a fan of plastic surgery. Oh, and I've never had a wax in my life. Waxing makes no sense to me because you have to grow it out to wax it.

Elizabeth Banks
Elizabeth Banks

I'm not a particularly shiny, happy person. I'm fairly cynical, and that's what draws me to comedy.

Elizabeth Banks
Elizabeth Banks

I'm a good role model. I have an amazing marriage, and it will be long lasting. I think I'm a good mom. I could run for office, no problem, because there are no skeletons in my closet.

Elizabeth Banks
Elizabeth Banks

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
Elizabeth Banks

I do this system called TRX. It was developed by a Navy SEAL and is basically a simple cord that you can wrap around something anywhere, anytime, and you use your body weight as resistance. We installed one in our home gym, but you can also attach it to a tree. It's very easy to travel with.

Elizabeth Banks
Elizabeth Banks

I'm a physical comedian, and I don't get to show it off very often.

Elizabeth Banks
Elizabeth Banks

All through my twenties, I lived in very walkable cities - Philadelphia, San Francisco, and New York.

Elizabeth Banks
Elizabeth Banks

I'm afraid of a cappella. I don't read music, and I have a hard time harmonizing. Basically, I'm a melody singer only.

Elizabeth Banks
Elizabeth Banks

'Pitch Perfect 2,' those scenes are super fun. It's just me and John Michael Higgins, and we've been friends for so long, we just have the best time. Anything I do with him is some of my favorite stuff.

Elizabeth Banks
Elizabeth Banks

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
Elizabeth Banks

When I was coming up, it was the golden age. It was Julia Roberts and Meg Ryan, and Reese Witherspoon was starting. You really had, 'Who is America's Next Sweetheart?' every couple of years. And then this sort of bromance slacker thing took over.

Elizabeth Banks
Elizabeth Banks

'Hunger Games' is a tried-and-true tale about a totalitarian society. It's more similar to China than America, but it's also similar to Nazi Germany and anywhere where the populace gets semi-brainwashed into serving the agenda of a very few.

Elizabeth Banks
Elizabeth Banks

I directed plays in college. It's something that I have sort of always put in the back of my mind, and I'm a busy actress, and it's very difficult to sort of find the time, honestly, to commit to directing. It's a very - it's a big, big job.

Elizabeth Banks
Elizabeth Banks

The only reason ever to make a sequel is to spend more time with the characters that people love: to tell more of their story.