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" Once you start writing a character visually, you're in trouble. "
Melissa McCarthy
Character
You
Writing
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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 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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" 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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Great
" I have blocks of wood all over my house; I spend all of my day knocking! "
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Blocks
Wood
" I did not actually run down a deer for 'Tammy,' I promise. "
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" I'm obsessed with 'Call The Midwife.' "
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" Sometimes I wish I were just magically a size 6 and I never had to give it a single thought. "
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Sometimes
" I don't sleep, but I've got two little kids that don't sleep, either. "
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Two
" 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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Lot
" I just don't lose weight easily. "
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Just
Weight
Easily
" I want pockets in my dresses. I put pockets in everything! I want pockets inside my pockets. "
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Dresses
Everything
Put
" I love a woman who's solid in her shoes. "
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Her
I Love
" 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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You
Way
Think
" You look much better when you're comfy. "
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You
Look
Much
" My back was just destroyed after pregnancy. I almost had to have surgery, until I did Pilates and rebuilt my body. "
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Surgery
Almost
Just
" More eccentric characters can push pretty far, but if you stay on the side of reality, it's always funnier. "
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Push
Pretty
Always
" 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
" 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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Doing
You
Time
" 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. "
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Looking
Work
Way
" 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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Tomorrow
Language
Learning
" 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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Know
Look
Character
" I just think that wigs and makeup and costumes completely transform me. "
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Think
Transform
Wigs
" I love a house project. "
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I Love
House
Love
" 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
" 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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You
Why
" 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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Dress
Feel
" I think the reason I'm an actress is because I love playing kind of a more extreme people. "
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Think
Kind
" I'm like a three-and-a-half, four-hour-a-night sleeper. It's not enough to function. "
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Like
Sleeper
" When I believe in something, I'm like a dog with a bone. "
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I Believe
Dog
Bone