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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. "
Melissa McCarthy
Still
Confident
Love
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" Strangers shouldn't be allowed to take a picture of your child and sell it for profit. "
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" When someone really believes in what they're saying, but it's crazy, it's, like, my favorite thing on earth. "
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" More eccentric characters can push pretty far, but if you stay on the side of reality, it's always funnier. "
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" 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. "
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" I think the reason I'm an actress is because I love playing kind of a more extreme people. "
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" I just figure if it has my name on it, and I want to make people feel good about wearing it, I can't pass it off. "
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" I've never been interested in playing the boring ingenue. "
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" Nothing's more charming than someone who doesn't take herself too seriously. "
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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 did not actually run down a deer for 'Tammy,' I promise. "
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" Sometimes I wish I were just magically a size 6 and I never had to give it a single thought. "
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" 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. "
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" I'm really happy in my life. "
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Really
Life
" 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?' "
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Night
You
Why
" 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 love a house project. "
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I Love
House
Love
" 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. "
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Think
Funny
Silly
" I would love to be directed by more women. "
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Women
Would
Love
" I'd rather watch a character be good at something and be challenged - there's more to play in that. "
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" I'm not a great pregnant woman. "
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Pregnant
Woman
Great
" 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
" I love a woman who's solid in her shoes. "
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Solid
Her
I Love
" 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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Proud
Three
She
" I've grown to love L.A., but it's the most socially awkward place. All these people have come there not to be something but to pretend to be someone trying to be someone. "
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Place
Someone
Trying
" To me, having 500 rolls of fabric around is the most calming thing in the world. I think it's what football is to some guys. "
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Most
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" Jason Statham is funny, I never knew that. "
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Never
Knew
" 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. "
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Hair
Grow
Shoes
" 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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Way
" Some days, I want to be prim and proper, and others, I want to be in a band. "
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Others
Days