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" I'm like a three-and-a-half, four-hour-a-night sleeper. It's not enough to function. "
Melissa McCarthy
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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 laugh my head off every day with my husband and my kids, who are mooning me and singing me songs. "
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" 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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