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" 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. "

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" When I was 22, I met with some janky manager, and she told me, 'You're never going to work at this weight.' I think I was a size 6 at the time. There is just this weird thing about how we perceive women in this country. I would love to be a part of breaking that down. "

Melissa McCarthy

Think

Love

" I just figure if it has my name on it, and I want to make people feel good about wearing it, I can't pass it off. "

" I want to be healthy. "

Melissa McCarthy

Want

Healthy

" I make a mean coconut macaroon. "

" 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. "

" I'm like a three-and-a-half, four-hour-a-night sleeper. It's not enough to function. "

Melissa McCarthy

Function

Sleeper

" I would love to be directed by more women. "

" I lived on a farm in Illinois, and we didn't have a lot of money. But I lived vicariously through magazines. I was obsessed with Jean Paul Gaultier. I still have the scrapbooks, and I've kept all my designs and sketches. "

" I'm really happy in my life. "

" I've watched women being hideously unattractive, personality-wise and physically, all the time. But these women never end up on screen. "

" I'm a huge 'Ghostbusters' fan. I've seen it, like, 10,000 times, so I couldn't be more looking forward to a reboot. "

Melissa McCarthy

Looking

Forward

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

" I love a house project. "

" 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. "

" 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.' "

" I love a woman who's solid in her shoes. "

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

" When I believe in something, I'm like a dog with a bone. "

" Nothing's more charming than someone who doesn't take herself too seriously. "

" I was never sullen. I was a terrible punk - I was still so chatty. "

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

Melissa McCarthy

Jeans

Life

" My parents are kind and accepting. Because so many of my friends were gay, it was just an accepted thing in my house. I was very lucky. "

" I've been trying to play old-lady parts since I was in my 20s, so I look forward to all of that. "

" The letters I really love are from young actresses who were worried they had to fit a certain look. They say I've opened it up. And I don't just mean plus-size girls. You can push things now. With all the great performances in 'Bridesmaids', it changed how people see funny women. "

" 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. "

" I think the reason I'm an actress is because I love playing kind of a more extreme people. "

" Jason Statham is funny, I never knew that. "

" We're a weird bunch at 'Mike & Molly.' We go to work, and we're crazy about each other, and we love where we go to work. "

Melissa McCarthy

Crazy

Work

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