American - Actress | August 26, 1970 -
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.
Melissa McCarthy
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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.
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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.
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I just think that wigs and makeup and costumes completely transform me.
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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.
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I've never been interested in playing the boring ingenue. I always wonder: Who's her weird friend? I like the oddballs.
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I'm not a crazy germophobe; I have kids, and that ship has sailed.
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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?'
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I make a mean coconut macaroon.
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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?'
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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.
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I'd rather watch a character be good at something and be challenged - there's more to play in that.
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