Melissa McCarthy
Melissa McCarthy
Melissa Ann McCarthy is an American actress, comedian, writer, fashion designer and producer. McCarthy first gained recognition for her role as Sookie St. James on the television series Gilmore Girls from 2000 to 2007. From 2007 to 2009, she appeared as Dena on the ABC sitcom Samantha Who?. McCarthy was then cast as Molly Flynn on the CBS sitcom Mike & Molly, on which she starred from 2010 to 2016 and earned her a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth26 August 1970
CityPlainfield, IL
CountryUnited States of America
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.
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 just figure if it has my name on it, and I want to make people feel good about wearing it, I can't pass it off.
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.
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.
Do I sometimes hope I wake up in the morning and people are like, 'What's wrong with her? She looks emaciated.' Of course I would love that. I'm such a clothes whore, I would love the opportunity to be a hanger. But I think I'm more confident than I've ever felt in my life.
I see teenagers or people who are 21 and think, 'I was an idiot at that age.' I was running around New York like a crazy woman. Thank God I only had three and a half cents to my name. I was too immature to handle success then.
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 just think that wigs and makeup and costumes completely transform me.
I refuse to give energy to the negative. I've got a great fella and two great little girls.
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.
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.
I've watched women being hideously unattractive, personality-wise and physically, all the time. But these women never end up on screen.
I was never sullen. I was a terrible punk - I was still so chatty.