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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.' "

Melissa McCarthy

Story

Men

Better

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

" I want pockets in my dresses. I put pockets in everything! I want pockets inside my pockets. "

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" I was always Missy, never Melissa. I went to college, and I thought it was so much more interesting to go by a different name, and then it just kind of stuck. "

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Thought

College

" I just don't lose weight easily. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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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" Comedy to me is all about the bumps and bruises and weird tics. "

" 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?' "

" 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 love a house project. "

" The average size of a woman is 14. "

" I think everything that any actor does, I would assume, is shaped by how and where they grew up. "

Melissa McCarthy

Think

Everything

" 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

Love

" Strangers shouldn't be allowed to take a picture of your child and sell it for profit. "

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

" I'm obsessed with 'Call The Midwife.' "

" Some days, I want to be prim and proper, and others, I want to be in a band. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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