Top 50 Melissa McCarthy Quotes

More eccentric characters can push pretty far, but if you stay on the side of reality, it’s always funnier.

I feel like I got hit with a lucky stick.

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’m obsessed with ‘Call The Midwife.’

I watch HGTV like a maniac, and when it’s bad, it’s like some crazy college guy watching a football game.

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.’

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…’ I was an idiot… It’s a decade of tears.

We have some of the most rock-solid, lovely friends in the world.

I don’t really know why I’m not thinner than I am.

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?’

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.

I think the whole reason I act is because it’s much more fun to be somebody else. I’m pretty boring.

I don’t sleep, but I’ve got two little kids that don’t sleep, either.

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 would love to be directed by more women.

I wanted to be a drag queen so badly. I’ll bet I still own more wigs than any drag queen – I love me a wig.

I think there’s so many points of view that you want to make sure your stories are being told from men and women… you get all of the different backgrounds. You don’t want every story being told from the same point of view. So just for better storytelling, I’m like, ‘Yes, please, bring some more ladies on.’

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.

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

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

I’ve always had mostly gay male friends.

Somebody ripped their pants open at my wedding, dipping my mother. My mother is not a lady who throws herself into a dip that often, so I don’t think he thought she was really going to do it.

I’ll do almost anything for a laugh.

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 love the juxtaposition of a sweet little blouse with a motocross look.

Nothing’s more charming than someone who doesn’t take herself too seriously.

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

I’m really happy in my life.

I am not a princess, I don’t want to be referred to as a princess – I find that super creepy.

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

Part of being young is you think gaining 6 lbs. is the end of the world.

When I was 22, I met with some janky manager, and she told me, ‘You’re never going to work at this weight.’ I think I was a size 6 at the time. There is just this weird thing about how we perceive women in this country. I would love to be a part of breaking that down.

It’s funny; as I get older I’m reverting to my roots – I want to plant stuff.

I have caught my reflection and thought, ‘Oof. That girl is struggling. That girl is tired.’ I’ve had mornings where I’m like, ‘Oh God, I have weird hair.’

I’m like a three-and-a-half, four-hour-a-night sleeper. It’s not enough to function.

I just don’t lose weight easily.

Strangers shouldn’t be allowed to take a picture of your child and sell it for profit.

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.

I want to be healthy.

I make a mean coconut macaroon.

Once you start writing a character visually, you’re in trouble.

I was never sullen. I was a terrible punk – I was still so chatty.

One of the best parts of a woman‘s body is that curve, and I go a little bit higher on all of my things to show off the best part of the hourglass.

Ben and I have absolutely nothing to do with the Hollywood that’s all actors and the Sunset Strip. We crave talking to people who do different things and are passionate about it.

I’ve never been interested in playing the boring ingenue.

The average size of a woman is 14.

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

When I go shopping, most of the time I’m disappointed.

I will embarrass my kids to their core. I will threaten to show up in hot pants and a tube top. Their dad will drive me. And he’ll let me and my friend Lisa get pretty drunk in the backseat, and we will come into that party and just rip it up.

When I believe in something, I’m like a dog with a bone.