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Daily Inspiration Quote by Elizabeth Banks

"I actually think that secrets are just a part of human nature and that everybody should have some"

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Banks’ line lands like a wink with teeth: in an era that treats transparency as moral fitness, she’s defending the right to be unknowable. The phrasing is casual - “I actually think” - but the intent is pointed. She’s not romanticizing deception; she’s normalizing privacy. By framing secrets as “just a part of human nature,” she relocates them from the realm of scandal to the realm of psychology: people need interior space, not because they’re guilty, but because they’re human.

The subtext pushes back against a culture that demands constant confession. Celebrity life turns the self into a consumable product, and the public often expects “authenticity” delivered on schedule: talk shows, Instagram captions, apology videos. Banks, as an actress, knows how performance and selfhood get tangled. “Everybody should have some” reads like a boundary-setting mantra, a way of saying: I can be accessible without being fully available. It’s also a quiet critique of the idea that virtue equals visibility.

Context matters: when fame is built on relatability, withholding can look like arrogance. Banks flips that script by making secrecy democratic, not elitist. Everyone, not just stars, deserves compartments. The line works because it treats secrets less as ticking bombs and more as load-bearing walls - the structures that keep a person standing when the world keeps knocking for a tell-all.

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APA Style (7th ed.)
Banks, Elizabeth. (2026, January 15). I actually think that secrets are just a part of human nature and that everybody should have some. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-actually-think-that-secrets-are-just-a-part-of-55247/

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Banks, Elizabeth. "I actually think that secrets are just a part of human nature and that everybody should have some." FixQuotes. January 15, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-actually-think-that-secrets-are-just-a-part-of-55247/.

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"I actually think that secrets are just a part of human nature and that everybody should have some." FixQuotes, 15 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-actually-think-that-secrets-are-just-a-part-of-55247/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.

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Elizabeth Banks (born February 10, 1974) is a Actress from USA.

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