Melissa McCarthy's Quotes

I went to school for clothing and textiles and thought this is what I was going to do. Then I started working in costumes and literally said, 'I don't know if I can take the actors.'

I don't know any neighborhoods where everyone's walking around in seven-inch heels and perfect makeup.

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.

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

I am not a princess, I don't want to be referred to as a princess - I find that super creepy.

I believe in Heaven. I don't believe that this is it, and then we're done.

I don't really know why I'm not thinner than I am.

I just don't lose weight easily.

I think the reason I'm an actress is because I love playing kind of a more extreme people.

I want to be healthy.

I watch HGTV like a maniac, and when it's bad, it's like some crazy college guy watching a football game.

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.

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'm not a great pregnant woman.

I'm really happy in my life.

I've always had mostly gay male friends.

I've never been interested in playing the boring ingenue.

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

My back was just destroyed after pregnancy. I almost had to have surgery, until I did Pilates and rebuilt my body.

Once you start writing a character visually, you're in trouble.

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

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

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.

When I believe in something, I'm like a dog with a bone.

Even when someone gets to looking like she should be so proud of herself, instead she's like, 'I could be another three pounds less; I could be a little taller and have bigger lips.'