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" 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. "
Melissa McCarthy
Run
You
Women
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" I'm very boring. But I'm a bit obsessed with women that are so incredibly solid in their shoes that they don't care what other people think of them. I just think there's something so interesting about that kind of confidence. "
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" I was never sullen. I was a terrible punk - I was still so chatty. "
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" I laugh my head off every day with my husband and my kids, who are mooning me and singing me songs. "
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" I believe in Heaven. I don't believe that this is it, and then we're done. "
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" I make a mean coconut macaroon. "
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" Somebody ripped their pants open at my wedding, dipping my mother. My mother is not a lady who throws herself into a dip that often, so I don't think he thought she was really going to do it. "
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" I wore white kabuki makeup, had blue-black hair. At one point, I shaved an inch and a half around my hairline and continued the white makeup up so it made my head look slightly deformed. I thought it was hilarious. "
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" 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. "
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" I've never felt like I needed to change. I've always thought, 'If you want somebody different, pick somebody else.' But sure, criticism can sometimes still get to me. Some things are so malicious, they knock the wind out of you. "
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Criticism
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" 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. "
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" I want to be healthy. "
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Healthy
" I love to watch someone who just goes for it and isn't worried about whether it's silly or awkward or unflattering. "
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Love
Someone
" When I believe in something, I'm like a dog with a bone. "
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Dog
Bone
" When I read a character that I really, really love, I know immediately what they look like. It's like I want to 100 percent become that person. "
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Look
Character
" One of the best parts of a woman's body is that curve, and I go a little bit higher on all of my things to show off the best part of the hourglass. "
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Body
Best
Go
" 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. "
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You
Women
" I've watched women being hideously unattractive, personality-wise and physically, all the time. But these women never end up on screen. "
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End
Never
" More eccentric characters can push pretty far, but if you stay on the side of reality, it's always funnier. "
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" 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.' "
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Three
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" 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. "
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Farm
Money
Lot
" I'm certainly not shy, but I like playing it because I love those characters that are incredibly confident but really still a mess. "
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Confident
Love
" I'd rather watch a character be good at something and be challenged - there's more to play in that. "
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Watch
" I think the whole reason I act is because it's much more fun to be somebody else. I'm pretty boring. "
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Boring
" 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. "
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Good
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" I loved the playfulness of fashion. I think maybe that's why I became an actress. You put on one outfit and feel one way, and another one will make you feel another way. Clothes are a wonderful tool. "
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" Nothing's more charming than someone who doesn't take herself too seriously. "
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" Jason Statham is funny, I never knew that. "
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Knew
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" I want to make each piece of clothing work 15 different ways. "
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