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Melissa McCarthy
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: August 26
Actor
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Film Actor
Film Producer
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Stage Actor
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Television Producer
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Melissa Ann McCarthy
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I felt really bad for someone who is swimming in so much hate. I just thought, that's someone who's in a really bad spot, and I am in such a happy spot. I laugh my head off every day with my husband and my kids who are mooning me and singing me songs.
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It's like I'm managing to achieve all this success in spite of my affliction ... Would you ever put that in the headline for a male star?
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There’s a greatness in not caring what people think
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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've never felt like I needed to change. I've always thought, 'If you want somebody different, pick somebody else.'
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I am not a princess, I don't want to be referred to as a princess - I find that super creepy.
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I watch HGTV like a maniac, and when it's bad, it's like some crazy college guy watching a football game.
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I'm a bit obsessed with women that are so incredibly solid in their shoes that they don't care what other people think of them. I just think there's something so interesting about that kind of confidence.
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I don't associate with people who blame the world for their problems. You are your problem. You are also your solution.
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I want to be healthy.
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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 …
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I don't like to do anything that's mean spirited just because I don't find it funny. I'd rather be the jackass than makes fun of somebody else. It just seems too cheap and easy.
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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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In terms of threshold, as long as it's based in reality, you can go pretty far, as long as you buy that it's really happening.
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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.
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As a teenager I went all Goth, but I wasn't mopey enough. I would pretend to be, but I'd end up making people laugh.
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I'm really happy in my life.
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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.
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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. Even in line for coffee, you're standing with someone who's trying to be so interesting.
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You just have to say, 'It’s pretty damn good. I am right here at the moment and I’m OK with it. I've got other things to think about.'
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