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" 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
Know
Look
Character
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" There are a lot of funny women in my life. I never understand those movies where there's eight funny guys and two women who don't have any opinion or humour. "
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" More eccentric characters can push pretty far, but if you stay on the side of reality, it's always funnier. "
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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'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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" 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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" Comedy to me is all about the bumps and bruises and weird tics. "
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" Strangers shouldn't be allowed to take a picture of your child and sell it for profit. "
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" I'd rather watch a character be good at something and be challenged - there's more to play in that. "
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Good
Watch
" 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
Go
Thought
College
" 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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Party
Drive
" I just don't lose weight easily. "
Melissa McCarthy
Just
Weight
Easily
" Even when someone gets to looking like she should be so proud of herself, instead she's like, 'I could be another three pounds less; I could be a little taller and have bigger lips.' "
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Three
She
" I'm really happy in my life. "
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My Life
Really
Life
" I want to be healthy. "
Melissa McCarthy
Want
Healthy
" I just think that wigs and makeup and costumes completely transform me. "
Melissa McCarthy
Think
Transform
Wigs
" I could eat healthier; I could drink less. "
Melissa McCarthy
Eat
Could
Less
" 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
" 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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Farm
Money
Lot
" 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. "
Melissa McCarthy
Off
Good
Feel Good
" 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
Me
Most
World
" Funny is funny, and it can come in 8 billion different shades and flavors, so I think it's silly to kind of limit it. "
Melissa McCarthy
Think
Funny
Silly
" 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. "
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Looking
Forward
More
" When someone really believes in what they're saying, but it's crazy, it's, like, my favorite thing on earth. "
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Earth
Like
Saying
" I'm not a great pregnant woman. "
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Pregnant
Woman
Great
" I did not actually run down a deer for 'Tammy,' I promise. "
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Deer
Run
Promise
" 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'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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Since
" Some days, I want to be prim and proper, and others, I want to be in a band. "
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Others
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