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?’ – Melissa McCarthy
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. – Melissa McCarthy
I think the reason I’m an actress is because I love playing kind of a more extreme people. – Melissa McCarthy
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. – Melissa McCarthy
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. – Melissa McCarthy
I was only a bridesmaid for my sister, and it was very calm and small, so I didn’t have any tragedy. – Melissa McCarthy
I feel intensely guilty for working… You have to be able to provide for your kids. But I feel like it’s a weird modern phenomenon that you always feel guilty for it. – Melissa McCarthy
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
I should be learning another language and working out more, but I’m just always saying, ‘Ah, I could get hit by a bus tomorrow.’ – Melissa McCarthy
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?’ – Melissa McCarthy
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. – Melissa McCarthy
More eccentric characters can push pretty far, but if you stay on the side of reality, it’s always funnier. – Melissa McCarthy
Strangers shouldn’t be allowed to take a picture of your child and sell it for profit. – Melissa McCarthy
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.’ – Melissa McCarthy
When someone really believes in what they’re saying, but it’s crazy, it’s, like, my favorite thing on earth. – Melissa McCarthy
I’ve watched women being hideously unattractive, personality-wise and physically, all the time. But these women never end up on screen. – Melissa McCarthy
People don’t stop at a size 12. I feel like there’s a big thing missing where you can’t dress to your mood above a certain number. – Melissa McCarthy
When I went to college, I did clothing and textiles. It really wasn’t until I moved to New York, my second night in, I did stand-up. I took a wild left turn, and instead of going back and finishing school at FIT, I started doing stand-up and acting. – Melissa McCarthy
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. – Melissa McCarthy
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. – Melissa McCarthy
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. – Melissa McCarthy
