Elizabeth Banks Covers 'Marie Claire @ Work' May 2013

Elizabeth Banks is ready for the day on the cover of Marie Claire @ Work‘s May 2013 issue, on newsstands April 16.

Here’s what the 39-year-old actress had to share with the mag:

On female-focused movies: “I try not to say, ‘Yeah, Bridesmaids opened the door to make more movies about women.’ I mean, did it? I don’t know, where are they?”

On how she manages her hectic schedule: “First of all, I have a home office. I have two kids, and it means I get to put them down for their naps and be the person they wake up to. When I’m actressing, which is my day job, and which I’m doing right now, I leave the house at 4:30 in the morning five days a week and I get home at 6, and hope to get two hours with them before they go to bed. So I’m slightly miserable about that.”

On producing movies: “It’s all about managing people. You know, women in Hollywood, we don’t get action franchises and superheroes. The rom-coms that made Julia Roberts, Sandra Bullock, and Reese Witherspoon stars are out of favor right now�”nobody is making them. In this business, if you are an ambitious person, you don’t wait for people to hand you opportunities. You have to make a way for yourself.”

For more from Elizabeth, visit MarieClaire.com.