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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 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

Know

School

Said

" I believe in Heaven. I don't believe that this is it, and then we're done. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I'm a huge 'Ghostbusters' fan. I've seen it, like, 10,000 times, so I couldn't be more looking forward to a reboot. "

Melissa McCarthy

Looking

Forward

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

" 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.' "

" 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. "

" I don't really know why I'm not thinner than I am. "

Melissa McCarthy

Really

I Am

" 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. "

Melissa McCarthy

Thought

College

" 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?' "

" I just don't lose 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

Melissa McCarthy

Most

World

" 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. "

" 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?' "

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

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

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

" I want to be healthy. "

Melissa McCarthy

Want

Healthy

" 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. "

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

" I want to make each piece of clothing work 15 different ways. "

" I don't sleep, but I've got two little kids that don't sleep, either. "

" 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. "

Melissa McCarthy

Think

Love

" I'm not a great pregnant woman. "

" Somebody ripped their pants open at my wedding, dipping my mother. My mother is not a lady who throws herself into a dip that often, so I don't think he thought she was really going to do it. "