Melissa McCarthy

Actress

1970-08-26

American actress, comedian, writer, and producer known for comedic film and television roles including Bridesmaids, The Heat, and Spy. She gained early recognition for Gilmore Girls and the sitcom Mike & Molly.

Quotes by Melissa McCarthy

Women are complicated and messy and we are certainly not perfect, but we are funny and challenging and kind, and I wouldn't change a thing
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Women are complicated and messy and we are certainly not perfect, but we are funny and challenging and kind, and I wouldn't change a thing
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I was never sullen. I was a terrible punk - I was still so chatty.
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In my 20s, I used to cry about why I wasn't thinner or prettier, but I want to add that I also used to cry about things like, 'I wish my hair would grow faster. I wish I had different shoes...' I was an idiot... It's a decade of tears.
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I don't really know why I'm not thinner than I am.
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There was a three-year chunk as a teen where I should have been tranquilized and put in a cage.
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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 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?'
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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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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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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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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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I just think that wigs and makeup and costumes completely transform me.
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