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All Quotes by author - Melissa McCarthy

" As a teenager I went all Goth, but I wasn't mopey enough. I would pretend to be, but I'd end up making people laugh. "

" At some point in the past, it was decided that women in comedy are never supposed to be shown in an unflattering light. But in comedy, you need all of your tools to be funny. "

" Ben and I have absolutely nothing to do with the Hollywood that's all actors and the Sunset Strip. We crave talking to people who do different things and are passionate about it. "

" Ben and I live like hermits. The night of a concert, we'll be like, 'Do you think we can get tickets?' And everybody is like, 'No, why didn't you do this earlier?' "

" Comedy to me is all about the bumps and bruises and weird tics. "

" Even when someone gets to looking like she should be so proud of herself, instead she's like, 'I could be another three pounds less; I could be a little taller and have bigger lips.' "

" Everybody's a train wreck in their own very special way. But there's something wildly freeing about someone who's unapologetic, who knows they're a wreck and doesn't even try to hide it, just bulldozes through life. "

" Famous doesn't mean anything. Just because people know my face doesn't mean they know us or that it makes us any more interesting or better. "

" Funny is funny, and it can come in 8 billion different shades and flavors, so I think it's silly to kind of limit it. "

" I am not a princess, I don't want to be referred to as a princess - I find that super creepy. "

" I believe in Heaven. I don't believe that this is it, and then we're done. "

" I believe it matters how you treat people. I believe in Heaven. I don't believe that this is it, and then we're done. I have a lovely relationship with God, although when I've lost someone or I've seen a sick child, I've had conversations with Him in which I've had to ask, 'How can that be right?' "

" I could eat healthier; I could drink less. "

" I did not actually run down a deer for 'Tammy,' I promise. "

" I did nothing but dramas for seven years in New York. I didn't really start anything comedic until I moved out to L.A. and found The Groundlings. "

" I didn't really know how to write jokes, so I just told weird, long stories about being tall and beautiful and wealthy in New York. I'd tell them very seriously, but I kind of looked like a drag queen at the time with big wigs and crazy 12-inch platform heels. "

" I didn't wear jeans for, like, a decade of my life. "

" I don't know any neighborhoods where everyone's walking around in seven-inch heels and perfect makeup. "

" I don't really know why I'm not thinner than I am. "

" I don't sleep, but I've got two little kids that don't sleep, either. "

" I do think comedy needs to be a living thing, but I think without a great script and fully realized characters, you cannot keep it living. Otherwise, it just becomes long and rambling, indulgent. So I think you need both, frankly. "

" I'd rather watch a character be good at something and be challenged - there's more to play in that. "

" I feel intensely guilty for working... You have to be able to provide for your kids. But I feel like it's a weird modern phenomenon that you always feel guilty for it. "

" I feel like I got hit with a lucky stick. "

" If somebody's doing something, and you're laughing, and at the same time you're so embarrassed for them, it's my absolute kind of favorite type of laugh. "

" I have an overactive sense of justice. I want women to realize you don't have to work for the company. You can run the company. I want the scope for them to be endless. "

" I have blocks of wood all over my house; I spend all of my day knocking! "

" I have caught my reflection and thought, 'Oof. That girl is struggling. That girl is tired.' I've had mornings where I'm like, 'Oh God, I have weird hair.' "

" I have experience dressing me as a 6, a 12, and more. And when you go above a size 12, you don't lose your love of fashion. "

" I just don't lose weight easily. "

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