Elizabeth Banks: Jennifer Garner Got Alia
Look at them now! Elizabeth Banks revealed at the Elle Women in Hollywood celebration on Monday, Oct. 20, that she and Jennifer Garner once worked at the same restaurant. She also spoke about how Annette Bening inspired her to push her way through her acting career.
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Banks, 40, one of the evening's honorees, took to the stage after a funny introduction made by her Hunger Games costar Jennifer Lawrence. "When I was in drama school, Annette Bening came to [give a speech]," recalled Banks. "And that’s the bulls--- I've been doing since then. F---ing studying Chekhov and Shakespeare. F---ing making a porno movie [Zack and Miri Make a Porno]. So, I went to drama school and Annette came and she was very forthcoming about all types of [problems in Hollywood] like not getting paid enough money, because her costar Denzel Washington was going to make like 10 times as much money as her, and all these amazing things."
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How did Banks react to Bening's speech? "I was like, s---!" she told the crowd of high-profile stars filtered to the Four Seasons Hotel. "Hollywood is going to be tough! But I was so excited that Annette Bening -- I mean she’s married to Warren f---ing Beatty -- she like, showed up to my little school and was like, 'Keep going, keep going!'"
Another person to inspire Banks throughout her acting career was Garner, the 30 Rock alum revealed. "That was the encouragement I needed in that moment," Banks reflected of Bening. "So I went to New York City and I was a waitress on the Upper West Side and Jennifer Garner was a waitress [at the same restaurant] on the Upper West Side."
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