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" I love the juxtaposition of a sweet little blouse with a motocross look. "
Melissa McCarthy
Little
Sweet
Look
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" I am not a princess, I don't want to be referred to as a princess - I find that super creepy. "
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Am
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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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Doing
You
Time
" 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. "
Melissa McCarthy
Talking
Nothing
People
" Part of being young is you think gaining 6 lbs. is the end of the world. "
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You
End
Being
" In terms of the characters I think are really fun to play, a lot of times it's someone in my head saying 'I know that woman.' "
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Know
Play
Woman
" I'm not a crazy germophobe; I have kids, and that ship has sailed. "
Melissa McCarthy
Kids
Sailed
Crazy
" 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. "
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People
Funny
Great
" 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. "
Melissa McCarthy
People
Women
Think
" I think there's so many points of view that you want to make sure your stories are being told from men and women... you get all of the different backgrounds. You don't want every story being told from the same point of view. So just for better storytelling, I'm like, 'Yes, please, bring some more ladies on.' "
Melissa McCarthy
Story
Men
Better
" I've always had mostly gay male friends. "
Melissa McCarthy
Mostly
Male
Had
" I want to make each piece of clothing work 15 different ways. "
Melissa McCarthy
Ways
Clothing
Different
" 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. "
Melissa McCarthy
Thought
Head
Look
" Sometimes I wish I were just magically a size 6 and I never had to give it a single thought. "
Melissa McCarthy
Thought
Wish
Sometimes
" There was a three-year chunk as a teen where I should have been tranquilized and put in a cage. "
Melissa McCarthy
Should
Chunk
Been
" When I believe in something, I'm like a dog with a bone. "
Melissa McCarthy
I Believe
Dog
Bone
" I just don't lose weight easily. "
Melissa McCarthy
Just
Weight
Easily
" 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
Me
Love
" I feel like I got hit with a lucky stick. "
Melissa McCarthy
I Feel Like
Hit
Like
" 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. "
Melissa McCarthy
Experience
You
Me
" I'm not a great pregnant woman. "
Melissa McCarthy
Pregnant
Woman
Great
" My back was just destroyed after pregnancy. I almost had to have surgery, until I did Pilates and rebuilt my body. "
Melissa McCarthy
Surgery
Almost
Just
" 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. "
Melissa McCarthy
New York
Time
Queen
" To me, having 500 rolls of fabric around is the most calming thing in the world. I think it's what football is to some guys. "
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Me
Most
World
" Strangers shouldn't be allowed to take a picture of your child and sell it for profit. "
Melissa McCarthy
Picture
Your
Strangers
" You look much better when you're comfy. "
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You
Look
Much
" When I went to college, I did clothing and textiles. It really wasn't until I moved to New York, my second night in, I did stand-up. I took a wild left turn, and instead of going back and finishing school at FIT, I started doing stand-up and acting. "
Melissa McCarthy
School
Night
New York
" I make a mean coconut macaroon. "
Melissa McCarthy
Make
Mean
Coconut
" I want pockets in my dresses. I put pockets in everything! I want pockets inside my pockets. "
Melissa McCarthy
Dresses
Everything
Put
" 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. "
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Special
Try
Train
" 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?' "
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Night
You
Why