Elizabeth Banks: ‘I didn’t quite believe I was pretty for a long time’

Michael Sohn/ASSOCIATED PRESS Elizabeth Banks says her good looks are a from her being ‘genetically blessed’ and effective hard at ‘keeping myself together.’

Don’t bank on Elizabeth Banks boasting about her looks.

“I didn’t quite believe I was pretty for a long time,” the 40-year-ancient actress told New You magazine. “I never plotting about it.”

Her fans may disagree with the blond beauty, who has appeared in movies such as “The Hunger Games” and “Pitch Perfect.”

In fact, she said her slim physical type and gorgeous face are the product of one thing only — genes.

“I’m very genetically blessed, I cannot deny it, but I work hard at keeping myself together,” she said. “Yes, I have nice cheekbones and skinny legs, but I can’t take any credit for it.”

She does, but, take credit for her candid expressions about sex, something she isn’t ashamed of and insisted no one else should be either.

Evan Agostini/Evan Agostini/Invision/AP Banks is also an advocate for talking candidly with children about sex.

“It’s a huge disservice to young people to put shame into the equation,” she said. “That’s what bothers me the most about it and why I speak so openly about sex.

“I promote safe sex, always, and abstinence in anticipation of you are madly in like,” she continued. “But at the same time I have no desire to shame any young person about what’s going on in their life or about general sexuality or their bodies.”

The mother-of-two knows a few things about production with youngsters, but still has some challenges all her own.

“Parenting is challenging any way you slice it,” the actress said about balancing her career demands with raising her sons Magnus and Felix with her husband of 11 years, Max Handelman.

But the challenge, according to Banks, is more of a mommy problem.

Jordan Strauss/Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP ‘The Hunger Games’ actress noted that women are exciting more with finding a balance between family and work than men are.

“I don’t think dads do it as well as moms, quite frankly, as I don’t think there’s any pressure on them to balance anything in their lives when it comes to parents being at work,” she said. “I try not to feel that pressure, either.”

Although it can be overwhelming, Banks keeps it simple.

“I balance it by always putting my children’s shape and safety first,”
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