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" 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. "

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" 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. "

Melissa McCarthy

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Character

" I think the reason I'm an actress is because I love playing kind of a more extreme people. "

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

" My back was just destroyed after pregnancy. I almost had to have surgery, until I did Pilates and rebuilt my body. "

" 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.' "

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

" I would love to be directed by more women. "

" I just don't lose weight easily. "

" In my 20s, I used to cry about why I wasn't thinner or prettier, but I want to add that I also used to cry about things like, 'I wish my hair would grow faster. I wish I had different shoes...' I was an idiot... It's a decade of tears. "

" Sometimes I wish I were just magically a size 6 and I never had to give it a single thought. "

" 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. "

" I feel like I got hit with a lucky stick. "

Melissa McCarthy

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Hit

" I love a house project. "

" Funny is funny, and it can come in 8 billion different shades and flavors, so I think it's silly to kind of limit it. "

" I want to make each piece of clothing work 15 different ways. "

" 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. "

Melissa McCarthy

Thought

College

" 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. "

" When someone really believes in what they're saying, but it's crazy, it's, like, my favorite thing on earth. "

Melissa McCarthy

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Saying

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" I'm not a crazy germophobe; I have kids, and that ship has sailed. "

" I see teenagers or people who are 21 and think, 'I was an idiot at that age.' I was running around New York like a crazy woman. Thank God I only had three and a half cents to my name. I was too immature to handle success then. "

" More eccentric characters can push pretty far, but if you stay on the side of reality, it's always funnier. "

" I'm really happy in my life. "

" When I go shopping, most of the time I'm disappointed. "

Melissa McCarthy

Shopping

Most

" One of the best parts of a woman's body is that curve, and I go a little bit higher on all of my things to show off the best part of the hourglass. "

Melissa McCarthy

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Best

" There was a three-year chunk as a teen where I should have been tranquilized and put in a cage. "

" I do think comedy needs to be a living thing, but I think without a great script and fully realized characters, you cannot keep it living. Otherwise, it just becomes long and rambling, indulgent. So I think you need both, frankly. "