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" My back was just destroyed after pregnancy. I almost had to have surgery, until I did Pilates and rebuilt my body. "
Melissa McCarthy
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" I am not a princess, I don't want to be referred to as a princess - I find that super creepy. "
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" We have some of the most rock-solid, lovely friends in the world. "
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World
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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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" There was a three-year chunk as a teen where I should have been tranquilized and put in a cage. "
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" 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. "
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Special
Try
Train
" 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. "
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Problems
Clothes
Great
" I love a woman who's solid in her shoes. "
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Her
I Love
" I was only a bridesmaid for my sister, and it was very calm and small, so I didn't have any tragedy. "
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Small
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" I just don't lose weight easily. "
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Weight
Easily
" 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. "
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Place
Someone
Trying
" 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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People
Funny
Great
" It's funny; as I get older I'm reverting to my roots - I want to plant stuff. "
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Want
Stuff
Roots
" I believe in Heaven. I don't believe that this is it, and then we're done. "
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Then
Done
Believe
" I've never been interested in playing the boring ingenue. "
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Playing
Been
Boring
" I have caught my reflection and thought, 'Oof. That girl is struggling. That girl is tired.' I've had mornings where I'm like, 'Oh God, I have weird hair.' "
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Hair
Like
Reflection
" 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. "
Melissa McCarthy
Talking
Nothing
People
" I'm like a three-and-a-half, four-hour-a-night sleeper. It's not enough to function. "
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Function
Like
Sleeper
" 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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Love
Wig
Queen
" The goal was to work enough to pay my bills and stop going through the couch looking for change. Going way beyond that isn't something I really factored in. "
Melissa McCarthy
Looking
Work
Way
" I want to be healthy. "
Melissa McCarthy
Want
Healthy
" 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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God
People
Treat
" 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. "
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Feel
Weird
You
" I'm very boring. But I'm a bit obsessed with women that are so incredibly solid in their shoes that they don't care what other people think of them. I just think there's something so interesting about that kind of confidence. "
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People
Women
Think
" Sometimes I wish I were just magically a size 6 and I never had to give it a single thought. "
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Thought
Wish
Sometimes
" I'm really happy in my life. "
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My Life
Really
Life
" 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. "
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You
Dress
Feel
" 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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Know
Play
Woman
" When I believe in something, I'm like a dog with a bone. "
Melissa McCarthy
I Believe
Dog
Bone
" When I went to college, I did clothing and textiles. It really wasn't until I moved to New York, my second night in, I did stand-up. I took a wild left turn, and instead of going back and finishing school at FIT, I started doing stand-up and acting. "
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School
Night
New York