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" I think everything that any actor does, I would assume, is shaped by how and where they grew up. "
Melissa McCarthy
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Everything
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" 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.' "
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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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" Part of being young is you think gaining 6 lbs. is the end of the world. "
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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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" People don't stop at a size 12. I feel like there's a big thing missing where you can't dress to your mood above a certain number. "
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Dress
Feel
" I've been every size in the world. Parts of my twenties, I was in great shape, but I didn't appreciate it. 'If I was a 6 or an 8,' I thought, 'Why aren't I a 2 or a 4?' "
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Thought
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" I've never been interested in playing the boring ingenue. "
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Playing
Been
Boring
" There are a lot of funny women in my life. I never understand those movies where there's eight funny guys and two women who don't have any opinion or humour. "
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Opinion
My Life
Life
" 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. "
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Talking
Nothing
People
" 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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People
Women
Think
" 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. "
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School
Night
New York
" I went to school for clothing and textiles and thought this is what I was going to do. Then I started working in costumes and literally said, 'I don't know if I can take the actors.' "
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Know
School
Said
" I'm obsessed with 'Call The Midwife.' "
Melissa McCarthy
Obsessed
Call
Midwife
" Nothing's more charming than someone who doesn't take herself too seriously. "
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Someone
Take
Seriously
" I'll do almost anything for a laugh. "
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Laugh
Almost
Anything
" 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
Go
Crazy
Work
" I'd rather watch a character be good at something and be challenged - there's more to play in that. "
Melissa McCarthy
Play
Good
Watch
" I was only a bridesmaid for my sister, and it was very calm and small, so I didn't have any tragedy. "
Melissa McCarthy
Tragedy
Small
Calm
" 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
" I was never sullen. I was a terrible punk - I was still so chatty. "
Melissa McCarthy
Still
Punk
Never
" I would love to be directed by more women. "
Melissa McCarthy
Women
Would
Love
" 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
" More eccentric characters can push pretty far, but if you stay on the side of reality, it's always funnier. "
Melissa McCarthy
Push
Pretty
Always
" 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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Mother
Lady
Think
" 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. "
Melissa McCarthy
Feel
Weird
You
" 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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Think
Fun
Boring
" 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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You
Way
Think
" 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
" I did nothing but dramas for seven years in New York. I didn't really start anything comedic until I moved out to L.A. and found The Groundlings. "
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Nothing
New York
Start
" I have blocks of wood all over my house; I spend all of my day knocking! "
Melissa McCarthy
House
Blocks
Wood