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" 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. "

Melissa McCarthy

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Melissa McCarthy

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" Nothing's more charming than someone who doesn't take herself too seriously. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" We have some of the most rock-solid, lovely friends in the world. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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 watch HGTV like a maniac, and when it's bad, it's like some crazy college guy watching a football game. "

" 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?' "

" I feel intensely guilty for working... You have to be able to provide for your kids. But I feel like it's a weird modern phenomenon that you always feel guilty for it. "

" I love to watch someone who just goes for it and isn't worried about whether it's silly or awkward or unflattering. "

" I'll do almost anything for a laugh. "

" 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?' "

" 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 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.' "

" 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. "

" 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. "