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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. "

Melissa McCarthy

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" I'm really happy in my life. "

" 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 love to watch someone who just goes for it and isn't worried about whether it's silly or awkward or unflattering. "

" 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. "

" I watch HGTV like a maniac, and when it's bad, it's like some crazy college guy watching a football game. "

" You look much better when you're comfy. "

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

" 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. "

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" I'm certainly not shy, but I like playing it because I love those characters that are incredibly confident but really still a mess. "

" 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. "

" I just think that wigs and makeup and costumes completely transform me. "

" 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. "

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

" Once you start writing a character visually, you're in trouble. "

" In a lot of comedies, they kind of take all the problems away from the women. They give her great clothes, great hair; she almost always owns an artisanal shop, like a cheese shop in Manhattan. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" We have some of the most rock-solid, lovely friends in the world. "

" I wanted to be a drag queen so badly. I'll bet I still own more wigs than any drag queen - I love me a wig. "

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

" 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.' "

" 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.' "