Quotes from Melissa McCarthy

I loved the playfulness of fashion. I think maybe that's why I became an actress. You put on one outfit and feel one way, and another one will make you feel another way. Clothes are a wonderful tool.

I have blocks of wood all over my house; I spend all of my day knocking!

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.

There was a three-year chunk as a teen where I should have been tranquilized and put in a cage.

Ben and I live like hermits. The night of a concert, we'll be like, 'Do you think we can get tickets?' And everybody is like, 'No, why didn't you do this earlier?'

I have an overactive sense of justice. I want women to realize you don't have to work for the company. You can run the company. I want the scope for them to be endless.

I could eat healthier; I could drink less.

I want to be healthy.

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

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.'

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.

I refuse to give energy to the negative. I've got a great fella and two great little girls.

I'm a huge 'Ghostbusters' fan. I've seen it, like, 10,000 times, so I couldn't be more looking forward to a reboot.

I love to watch someone who just goes for it and isn't worried about whether it's silly or awkward or unflattering.

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.

At some point in the past, it was decided that women in comedy are never supposed to be shown in an unflattering light. But in comedy, you need all of your tools to be funny.

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

Everybody's a train wreck in their own very special way. But there's something wildly freeing about someone who's unapologetic, who knows they're a wreck and doesn't even try to hide it, just bulldozes through life.

I think there are people who really love the comfort of their small town, and there are people who feel stuck by it.

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.

I was only a bridesmaid for my sister, and it was very calm and small, so I didn't have any tragedy.

I laugh my head off every day with my husband and my kids, who are mooning me and singing me songs.

I have experience dressing me as a 6, a 12, and more. And when you go above a size 12, you don't lose your love of fashion.

People don't stop at a size 12. I feel like there's a big thing missing where you can't dress to your mood above a certain number.