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" I refuse to give energy to the negative. I've got a great fella and two great little girls. "
Melissa McCarthy
Energy
Little Girls
Negative
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" 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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" 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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" 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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" We have some of the most rock-solid, lovely friends in the world. "
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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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" I make a mean coconut macaroon. "
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" I don't really know why I'm not thinner than I am. "
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" I want pockets in my dresses. I put pockets in everything! I want pockets inside my pockets. "
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" I'm always tinkering with something - suddenly I'll think I can work with wood, but then I'll realize I can't, so I go back to sewing. "
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I Can
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" The average size of a woman is 14. "
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" I think everything that any actor does, I would assume, is shaped by how and where they grew up. "
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" The goal was to work enough to pay my bills and stop going through the couch looking for change. Going way beyond that isn't something I really factored in. "
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