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" I've never been interested in playing the boring ingenue. "

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 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. "

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" I could eat healthier; I could drink less. "

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

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" I've watched women being hideously unattractive, personality-wise and physically, all the time. But these women never end up on screen. "

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" Some days, I want to be prim and proper, and others, I want to be in a band. "

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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'll do almost anything for a laugh. "

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" I was never sullen. I was a terrible punk - I was still so chatty. "

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" 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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" I've been trying to play old-lady parts since I was in my 20s, so I look forward to all of that. "

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

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" I believe it matters how you treat people. I believe in Heaven. I don't believe that this is it, and then we're done. I have a lovely relationship with God, although when I've lost someone or I've seen a sick child, I've had conversations with Him in which I've had to ask, 'How can that be right?' "

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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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" I just think we tear down women in this country for all these superficial reasons, and women are so great and strong. "

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" I did nothing but dramas for seven years in New York. I didn't really start anything comedic until I moved out to L.A. and found The Groundlings. "

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

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

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" I've always had mostly gay male friends. "

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" Once you start writing a character visually, you're in trouble. "

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" Jason Statham is funny, I never knew that. "

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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. "

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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. "

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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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" If somebody's doing something, and you're laughing, and at the same time you're so embarrassed for them, it's my absolute kind of favorite type of laugh. "

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

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