I think there are people who really love the comfort of their small town, and there are people who feel stuck by it.
— Melissa McCarthy
I love the juxtaposition of a sweet little blouse with a motocross look.
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.
I'd rather watch a character be good at something and be challenged - there's more to play in that.
I make a mean coconut macaroon.
I've never been interested in playing the boring ingenue. I always wonder: Who's her weird friend? I like the oddballs.
I just think that wigs and makeup and costumes completely transform me.
I wore white kabuki makeup, had blue-black hair. At one point, I shaved an inch and a half around my hairline and continued the white makeup up so it made my head look slightly deformed. I thought it was hilarious.
I did nothing but dramas for seven years in New York. I didn't really start anything comedic until I moved out to L.A. and found The Groundlings.
I could eat healthier; I could drink less.
I didn't wear jeans for, like, a decade of my life.
I feel like I got hit with a lucky stick.
I just think we tear down women in this country for all these superficial reasons, and women are so great and strong.
My back was just destroyed after pregnancy. I almost had to have surgery, until I did Pilates and rebuilt my body.
Comedy to me is all about the bumps and bruises and weird tics.
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.
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.'
One of the best parts of a woman's body is that curve, and I go a little bit higher on all of my things to show off the best part of the hourglass.
Some days, I want to be prim and proper, and others, I want to be in a band.
Nothing's more charming than someone who doesn't take herself too seriously.
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.
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?'
You look much better when you're comfy.
Funny is funny, and it can come in 8 billion different shades and flavors, so I think it's silly to kind of limit it.
Famous doesn't mean anything. Just because people know my face doesn't mean they know us or that it makes us any more interesting or better.
I have blocks of wood all over my house; I spend all of my day knocking!
Since grade school, I focused on women's clothing.
I want to make each piece of clothing work 15 different ways.
I'll do almost anything for a laugh.
I think the reason I'm an actress is because I love playing kind of a more extreme people.
When I believe in something, I'm like a dog with a bone.
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.'
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.
Once you start writing a character visually, you're in trouble.
I want pockets in my dresses. I put pockets in everything! I want pockets inside my pockets.
I love a woman who's solid in her shoes.
My parents are kind and accepting. Because so many of my friends were gay, it was just an accepted thing in my house. I was very lucky.
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?'
I'm not a crazy germophobe; I have kids, and that ship has sailed.
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.
I was never sullen. I was a terrible punk - I was still so chatty.
I see teenagers or people who are 21 and think, 'I was an idiot at that age.' I was running around New York like a crazy woman. Thank God I only had three and a half cents to my name. I was too immature to handle success then.
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.'
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.
I've never felt like I needed to change. I've always thought, 'If you want somebody different, pick somebody else.' But sure, criticism can sometimes still get to me. Some things are so malicious, they knock the wind out of you.
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.
I believe in Heaven. I don't believe that this is it, and then we're done.
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.
I watch HGTV like a maniac, and when it's bad, it's like some crazy college guy watching a football game.
