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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. "

Melissa McCarthy

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" 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. "

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" 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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" I will embarrass my kids to their core. I will threaten to show up in hot pants and a tube top. Their dad will drive me. And he'll let me and my friend Lisa get pretty drunk in the backseat, and we will come into that party and just rip it up. "

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

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

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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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" 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. "

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

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" I feel like I got hit with a lucky stick. "

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" I think there are people who really love the comfort of their small town, and there are people who feel stuck by it. "

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" I have experience dressing me as a 6, a 12, and more. And when you go above a size 12, you don't lose your love of fashion. "

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" 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. "

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" I should be learning another language and working out more, but I'm just always saying, 'Ah, I could get hit by a bus tomorrow.' "

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" 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.' "

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" I wanted to be a drag queen so badly. I'll bet I still own more wigs than any drag queen - I love me a wig. "

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

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

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" The letters I really love are from young actresses who were worried they had to fit a certain look. They say I've opened it up. And I don't just mean plus-size girls. You can push things now. With all the great performances in 'Bridesmaids', it changed how people see funny women. "

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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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" 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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" I'm really happy in my life. "

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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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" In terms of the characters I think are really fun to play, a lot of times it's someone in my head saying 'I know that woman.' "

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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 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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