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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. "

Melissa McCarthy

Problems

Clothes

Great

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

" 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. "

" It's funny; as I get older I'm reverting to my roots - I want to plant stuff. "

" 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. "

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

" 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.' "

" I make a mean coconut macaroon. "

" I want to be healthy. "

Melissa McCarthy

Want

Healthy

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

Melissa McCarthy

Most

World

" 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. "

" I am not a princess, I don't want to be referred to as a princess - I find that super creepy. "

Melissa McCarthy

Creepy

Princess

" 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. "

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

" 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 not a great pregnant woman. "

" 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

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

Melissa McCarthy

Shopping

Most

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

Melissa McCarthy

Think

Everything

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

" I think the whole reason I act is because it's much more fun to be somebody else. I'm pretty boring. "

" I lived on a farm in Illinois, and we didn't have a lot of money. But I lived vicariously through magazines. I was obsessed with Jean Paul Gaultier. I still have the scrapbooks, and I've kept all my designs and sketches. "

" 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. "

" My parents are kind and accepting. Because so many of my friends were gay, it was just an accepted thing in my house. I was very lucky. "

" I refuse to give energy to the negative. I've got a great fella and two great little girls. "