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I would love to be directed by more women.

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

I just don't lose weight easily.

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.'

You just have to say, 'It's pretty damn good. I am right here at the moment and I'm OK with it. I've got other things to think about.'

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.

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

I'm obsessed with 'Call The Midwife.'

I'm really happy in my life.

I didn't wear jeans for, like, a decade of my life.

My back was just destroyed after pregnancy. I almost had to have surgery, until I did Pilates and rebuilt my body.

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

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.

Women are complicated and messy and we are certainly not perfect, but we are funny and challenging and kind, and I wouldn't change a thing

I'll do almost anything for a laugh.

Some days, I want to be prim and proper, and others, I want to be in a band.

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.

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

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

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

It's like I'm managing to achieve all this success in spite of my affliction ... Would you ever put that in the headline for a male star?

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

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.

You look much better when you're comfy.

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

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

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

To me, having 500 rolls of fabric around is the most calming thing in the world. I think it's what football is to some guys.

I could eat healthier; I could drink less.

I feel like I got hit with a lucky stick.

I want to make each piece of clothing work 15 different ways.

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

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

I love a woman who's solid in her shoes.

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 don't know any neighborhoods where everyone's walking around in seven-inch heels and perfect makeup.

I've been trying to play old-lady parts since I was in my 20s, so I look forward to all of that.

The average size of a woman is 14.

Comedy to me is all about the bumps and bruises and weird tics.

I love a house project.

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

My parents are kind and accepting. Because so many of my friends were gay, it was just an accepted thing in my house. I was very lucky.

I just think that wigs and makeup and costumes completely transform me.

I just think we tear down women in this country for all these superficial reasons, and women are so great and strong.

Part of being young is you thinking that gaining 6 lbs. Is the end of the world

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.

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

In terms of the characters I think are really fun to play, a lot of times it's someone in my head saying 'I know that woman.'

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

I'm certainly not shy, but I like playing it because I love those characters that are incredibly confident but really still a mess.

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 make a mean coconut macaroon.

We're a weird bunch at 'Mike & Molly.' We go to work, and we're crazy about each other, and we love where we go to work.

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

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.

When I read a character that I really, really love, I know immediately what they look like. It's like I want to 100 percent become that person.

I want pockets in my dresses. I put pockets in everything! I want pockets inside my pockets.

I did not actually run down a deer for 'Tammy,' I promise.

I think everything that any actor does, I would assume, is shaped by how and where they grew up.

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

There's a greatness in not caring what people think

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

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

I want to be healthy.

Sometimes I wish I were just magically a size 6 and I never had to give it a single thought.

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.

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

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 don't associate with people who blame the world for their problems. You are your problem. You are also your solution.

I've always had mostly gay male friends.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

I'm not a great pregnant woman.

I'm not a crazy germophobe; I have kids, and that ship has sailed.

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

I'd rather watch a character be good at something and be challenged - there's more to play in that.

Jason Statham is funny, I never knew that.

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