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? Melissa McCarthy More Quotes by Melissa McCarthy More Quotes From Melissa McCarthy 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. Melissa McCarthy husband hate song 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. Melissa McCarthy odds talking thinking I've never felt like I needed to change. I've always thought, 'If you want somebody different, pick somebody else.' Melissa McCarthy plus-size different want There’s a greatness in not caring what people think Melissa McCarthy greatness caring thinking 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. Melissa McCarthy shoes people thinking 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. Melissa McCarthy badass beautiful jobs I don't associate with people who blame the world for their problems. You are your problem. You are also your solution. Melissa McCarthy blame people world When someone really believes in what they're saying, but it's crazy, it's like my favorite thing on earth. Melissa McCarthy crazy earth believe Comedy to me is all about the bumps and bruises and weird tics. Melissa McCarthy bruises comedy bumps 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.' Melissa McCarthy damn moments thinking 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.' Melissa McCarthy work-out language tomorrow 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.' Melissa McCarthy proud three littles 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. Melissa McCarthy pilates body pregnancy 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. Melissa McCarthy easy fun mean When I believe in something, I'm like a dog with a bone. Melissa McCarthy strong-women dog inspiring I think the reason I'm an actress is because I love playing kind of a more extreme people. Melissa McCarthy actresses people thinking 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. Melissa McCarthy tinkering quilts thinking I don't really know why I'm not thinner than I am. Melissa McCarthy knows 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. Melissa McCarthy husband two kids 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. Melissa McCarthy crazy believe past
