My grandmother always would say, "This, too, shall pass." It is a... by Melissa Rauch

My grandmother always would say, "This, too, shall pass." It is always true.

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When I'm trying to find my way into a character, the voice and physicality are the first two things I do.

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The thing that stand-up does for you is that it toughens you up a bit as far as the business goes. It's hard. If a joke doesn't get a laugh, that's instant rejection. And that's mostly what this business is most of the time: a lot of rejection.

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I have always been a huge fan of gymnastics. by Melissa Rauch

I have always been a huge fan of gymnastics.

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My mom has a very high-pitched voice, and there are some similarities between her and the voice I use on 'Big Bang,' although my mom has the Jersey accent, so I took that out. But the tone of the voice is very similar to my mother's.

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I was a very weird child. I was very shy, so in school I would just mimic stand-up sets of Whoopi Goldberg.

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I remember watching 'Three's Company' with my parents, and it was time for bed, so I started to make my voice lower like Don Knotts and imitating him. They started laughing, and I didn't have to go to bed, so that informed a lot.

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Years ago, when I started having this little bit of success as an actor, I got a job on 'VH1's Best Week Ever.' I went back to my mall in New Jersey, which is what I do when I go visit my parents, and I was at a Wetzel's Pretzels. The manager was like, 'I love the show! It's awesome!' and gave me a free pretzel. I was so excited!

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I think fame is hard in any capacity. It's so fleeting; it's not... by Melissa Rauch

I think fame is hard in any capacity. It's so fleeting; it's not anything that you can really grab.

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There are so many male antiheroes but not nearly as many female antiheroes.There's a lot of pressure on female characters to be likable. That puts a lot of pressure on women to be likable.

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One of my favorite movies is Bette Davis in 'All About Eve,' and it is shocking there was no pressure on her to be likable.

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I don't really believe in regrets. I think everything happens as it should, and everything is an opportunity to learn.

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'Big Bang' is very tightly scripted. Because we shoot in front of a live audience, it's basically like doing a filmed piece of theatre, really.

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I'm not full on 'Jersey Shore' Jersey, but in my heart, my bangs are so feathered with tons of hairspray. My husband says that whenever I get tired, it comes out.

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