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" 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. "

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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. "

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Look

Character

" 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. "

" I have an overactive sense of justice. I want women to realize you don't have to work for the company. You can run the company. I want the scope for them to be endless. "

" I'm certainly not shy, but I like playing it because I love those characters that are incredibly confident but really still a mess. "

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

" I'm like a three-and-a-half, four-hour-a-night sleeper. It's not enough to function. "

Melissa McCarthy

Function

Sleeper

" It's funny; as I get older I'm reverting to my roots - I want to plant stuff. "

" When someone really believes in what they're saying, but it's crazy, it's, like, my favorite thing on earth. "

Melissa McCarthy

Earth

Saying

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

" Comedy to me is all about the bumps and bruises and weird tics. "

" Since grade school, I focused on women's clothing. "

" 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

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

" I think there are people who really love the comfort of their small town, and there are people who feel stuck by it. "

" Strangers shouldn't be allowed to take a picture of your child and sell it for profit. "

" Part of being young is you think gaining 6 lbs. is the end of the world. "

" 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. "

Melissa McCarthy

Crazy

Work

" 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. "

" There was a three-year chunk as a teen where I should have been tranquilized and put in a cage. "

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

" 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. "

" I do think comedy needs to be a living thing, but I think without a great script and fully realized characters, you cannot keep it living. Otherwise, it just becomes long and rambling, indulgent. So I think you need both, frankly. "

" I just think that wigs and makeup and costumes completely transform me. "

" 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.' "

Melissa McCarthy

Hair

Reflection

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

" I've been trying to play old-lady parts since I was in my 20s, so I look forward to all of that. "

" Sometimes I wish I were just magically a size 6 and I never had to give it a single thought. "

" 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.' "

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