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" 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. "

Melissa McCarthy

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

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" I didn't really know how to write jokes, so I just told weird, long stories about being tall and beautiful and wealthy in New York. I'd tell them very seriously, but I kind of looked like a drag queen at the time with big wigs and crazy 12-inch platform heels. "

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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. "

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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 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. "

Melissa McCarthy

" 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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" We're a weird bunch at 'Mike & Molly.' We go to work, and we're crazy about each other, and we love where we go to work. "

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" 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. "

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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'm always tinkering with something - suddenly I'll think I can work with wood, but then I'll realize I can't, so I go back to sewing. "

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

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" When I believe in something, I'm like a dog with a bone. "

Melissa McCarthy

" I am not a princess, I don't want to be referred to as a princess - I find that super creepy. "

Melissa McCarthy

" I was only a bridesmaid for my sister, and it was very calm and small, so I didn't have any tragedy. "

Melissa McCarthy

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

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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'll do almost anything for a laugh. "

Melissa McCarthy

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

Melissa McCarthy

" 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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" 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. "

Melissa McCarthy

" I'd rather watch a character be good at something and be challenged - there's more to play in that. "

Melissa McCarthy

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

Melissa McCarthy

" At some point in the past, it was decided that women in comedy are never supposed to be shown in an unflattering light. But in comedy, you need all of your tools to be funny. "

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" I didn't wear jeans for, like, a decade of my life. "

Melissa McCarthy

" I love a woman who's solid in her shoes. "

Melissa McCarthy

" I did not actually run down a deer for 'Tammy,' I promise. "

Melissa McCarthy

" 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.' "

Melissa McCarthy

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

Melissa McCarthy

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

Melissa McCarthy

" 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. "

Melissa McCarthy