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Melissa McCarthy, born on August 26, 1970, is an American actress known for her exceptional performances in comedy films, particularly in 'The Heat' and 'Spy.' She has received numerous nominations and awards throughout her career, including an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

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

Comedy Bumps Bruises Tics

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

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“I want to be healthy.”

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“I'm certainly not shy, but I like playing it because I love those characters that are incredibly confident but really still a mess.”

Stills Character Mess Shy

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“I'm really happy in my life.”

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

Giving Sometimes Wish Size

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“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.'”

Should Littles Three Proud Bigger Lips Pounds Body Image Melissa

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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.”

People Trying Lines Interesting Standing Coffee Awkward Socially Awkward

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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.”

People World Problem Solutions Blame Associates

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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.”

Thinking Needs Long Character Comedy Scripts Living Things Rambling

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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.”

Long Reality Term Happenings Threshold

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“You can't just play crazy. It makes you push yourself to stay in the realm of reality. And when you do that, it's a lot funnier. That's my favorite, when you think it's a real strange person and not just someone being wacky.”

Thinking Persons Real Play Reality Crazy Strange My Favorite Realms Push Yourself Wacky Strange Person

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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.”

Mean Seems Fun Easy Spirited Jackasses Mean Spirited

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“There’s a greatness in not caring what people think”

People Thinking Greatness Caring Not Caring

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“When someone really believes in what they're saying, but it's crazy, it's like my favorite thing on earth.”

Believe Earth Crazy My Favorite Favorites Things

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“I could eat healthier, I could drink less. 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.'”

Should Language Tomorrow Drink Work Out Bus

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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.”

People Thinking Kind Care Bits Interesting Shoes Don't Care Obsessed

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“I think when you can actually do what you love to do, if it's a little play somewhere, if it's a photo, if it's anything- if you can somehow do what you want and do a really good job at it, I think that's pretty successful.”

Ifs Thinking Want Littles Play Jobs Successful What You Want Good Job What You Love

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

Knows Women Perfect Walking Seven Neighborhood Makeup Inches Heels

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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.' But sure, criticism can sometimes still get to me. Some things are so malicious, they knock the wind out of you. It's like I'm managing to achieve all this success in spite of my affliction... Would you ever put [America's plus-size sweetheart] in the headline for a male star?”

Ifs Want Stills Different Sometimes America Stars Felt Powerful Achieve Wind Needed Picks Criticism Males Size Spite Plus Affliction Headlines Sweetheart Malicious Plus Size

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“Hollywood wants to make women so perfect. Perfect hair. Perfect job. Perfect manners... I know some of the most beautiful women, and they are so weird. That's what makes them funny and captivating.”

Knows Want Jobs Beautiful Perfect Hair Hollywood Manners Badass Beautiful Women Captivating Perfect Man Perfect Job

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“Part of being young is you thinking that gaining 6 lbs. Is the end of the world”

Thinking World Ends Young Loss End Of The World Weight Loss

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“Pretty much everyone I know, no matter what size, is trying some system. 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.' Where does it end? 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.'”

Thinking Knows Should Trying Littles Doe Ends Matter Moments Three Proud Bigger No Matter What Lips Size Damn Pounds Body Image Damn Good

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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 …”

Want Used Wish Grows Cry Tears Hair Add Decades Faster Body Image

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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?”

Stars Achieve Males Spite Affliction Body Image Headlines Plus Size

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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.”

Kids Hate Song Felt Laughing Husband Singing Spots My Husband Swimming Body Image

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“I've been every size in the world. Parts of my 20s, 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?" Now I feel like I have two great kids and the dreamiest husband on the planet, and everything else is just a work in progress.”

Ifs World Feels Two Kids Progress Planets Shapes Husband Appreciate Size Body Image Work In Progress

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

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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.'”

Thinking Moments Damn Damn Good

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

Body Destroyed Ran Pregnancy Surgery Pilates Back To Work

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“You push so far past the normal boundaries of what’s O.K. in society. I’m always fully aware of, ‘You can’t do this’… When someone really believes in what they’re saying, but it’s crazy, it’s like my favorite thing on earth… [But] Crazy’s just crazy and there’s nowhere to go. You can have a point of view, it can be very strange, but we have to know your reasoning.”

Knows Believe Earth Past Views Crazy Strange Normal My Favorite Point Of View Boundaries Reasoning Favorites Things Nowhere To Go

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

Believe I Believe Inspiring Dog I Believe In Bones Strong Women

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“I think if anyone tells you the odds are slim, just keep walking. Just do whatever the hell you want to do, because they don't know what they're talking about. When you love something, and you work really really hard at it, you can do it.”

Ifs Thinking Knows Want Hard Can Do Talking Hell Walking Odds You Can Do It Slim

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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.'”

Ifs Want Different Felt Needed Picks Melissa Plus Size

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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.”

Want Princess Creepy

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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.”

People Ends Enough Laughing Teenager Making People Laugh Goth

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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.”

Thinking World Guy Football Fabric Calming

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

Believe Done I Believe Heaven Don't Believe I Believe In

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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.”

Guy Games Watches Crazy Football College Football Game Maniacs

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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.”

Thinking I Can Realizing Woods Sewing Quilts Tinkering

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“I've always had mostly gay male friends.”

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

Want Stuff Roots Plant Reverting

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

Writing Character Trouble

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“I'm not a great pregnant woman.”

Pregnant Pregnant Women

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“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.'”

Ifs Knows Said I Can School Actors Clothings Costumes Textiles

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

People Thinking Kind Reason Extremes Actresses

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“I just don't lose weight easily.”

Loses Weight Lose Weight

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Born: August 26, 1970
Known for: Actress
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