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. – Melissa McCarthy
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. – Melissa McCarthy
I just think we tear down women in this country for all these superficial reasons, and women are so great and strong. – Melissa McCarthy
Ben and I live like hermits. The night of a concert, we’ll be like, ‘Do you think we can get tickets?’ And everybody is like, ‘No, why didn’t you do this earlier?’ – Melissa McCarthy
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
I’ve never been interested in playing the boring ingenue. I always wonder: Who’s her weird friend? I like the oddballs. – Melissa McCarthy
I want pockets in my dresses. I put pockets in everything! I want pockets inside my pockets. – Melissa McCarthy
The letters I really love are from young actresses who were worried they had to fit a certain look. They say I’ve opened it up. And I don’t just mean plus-size girls. You can push things now. With all the great performances in ‘Bridesmaids’, it changed how people see funny women. – Melissa McCarthy
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
Ben and I have absolutely nothing to do with the Hollywood that’s all actors and the Sunset Strip. We crave talking to people who do different things and are passionate about it. – Melissa McCarthy