Latest Melissa McCarthy Quotes from Interviews

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• 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

  Fun, Mean, Easy

  Source: www.moviesonline.ca

• You can't just play crazy. It makes you push yourself to stay in the realm of reality. And when you do that, it's a lot funnier. That's my favorite, when you think it's a real strange person and not just someone being wacky.

  Melissa McCarthy

  Crazy, Real, Thinking

  Source: deadline.com

• In terms of threshold, as long as it's based in reality, you can go pretty far, as long as you buy that it's really happening.

  Melissa McCarthy

  Reality, Long, Threshold

  Source: collider.com

• I do think comedy needs to be a living thing, but I think without a great script and fully realized characters, you cannot keep it living. Otherwise it just becomes long and rambling indulgent.

  Melissa McCarthy

  Character, Thinking, Long

  Source: collider.com

• 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. Even in line for coffee, you're standing with someone who's trying to be so interesting.

  Melissa McCarthy

  Coffee, People, Interesting

  "Melissa McCarthy: The ESQ&A". Interview with Stott Raab, www.esquire.com. May 29, 2013.