Elizabeth Banks Quotes

When you go to the movies, you expect the movie to create a world that you can immerse yourself in, that you can step into. Sci-fi is a beautiful way of doing that.

I like it when I go into a cinema and I'm not aware that I'm there; I'm totally involved in the film for two hours.

I mean the cool thing about the movies is that you get to try on these different personalities and different styles.

They love 3-D. It's fun to watch a movie in 3-D with your children or with a group of children because you see the kids in front of you from time to time reaching up. You see little hands reaching up to grab things that they think are right there. I think it's remarkable and it does obviously, literally, add another dimension to the movie.

Just getting to wake up and play somebody else for an entire day is just an amazing thing.

When you see 'Lord of the Rings,' you want to feel like you've been dropped into it and that you're part of it. You don't want to be aware of how it's being done; you just want it to feel really seamless.

For the most part, I think that people enjoy seeing a movie where they can just have fun.

Why movies are so powerful is because you are right in there and you stay in there until they want you to come out, and then you've really gone somewhere.

If you can't believe a little in what you see on the screen, it's not worth wasting your time on cinema.

I love going to movies. It's just big, it takes you away, you can escape into it.

I live in my imagination, so sometimes movies help me get lost. I feel like I'm in it.

For me, I rarely go and see 3D movies because I feel like, when you're wearing glasses, you're aware that you're in the theatre. And the whole thing for me with the movie experience is to be lost in the movie.

When I watch a movie, I want to be taken away into worlds that are beyond my imagination.

A lot of movies you do because they're fun, they make people forget about their day.

When I'm shooting a movie, I'm always in an invisible theater seat. I respect the fact that people have worked hard all week and want to go to the movies on the weekend and be entertained.

I don't know why I'm suddenly playing nasty people. It is very fun, though, and it isn't real, at the end of the day.

I think if they suddenly cut away and you realize there is a stunt guy, you're out of the movie.

I get to enter into the world the director has created: to live these different lives on top of my own life.

'Housefull' was an enjoyable film, and I thought it would be nice to be part of the franchise.

'Bengal Tiger' is huge film for me, and I had a blast working with both Ravi Teja and Tamannaah.

'Finding Dory' just stole my heart. Little Dory was the most adorable thing in the entire world, and Ellen DeGeneres killed the game. I liked the flashbacks to the past - it gave you a bit more perspective and appreciation for certain characters.

With larger-than-life films, you are lifted from your mundane, ordinary life because you empathise with the hero, and people see themselves in him.

'Crazy Rich Asians' and 'A Simple Favor' were each a master class in filmmaking, and I had so much fun working with all my costars.

You have to enjoy yourself when you go to the movies. People don't want to spend their hard earned money to simply go see a history lesson.

Sometimes I can get lost in games.