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.
I lived on a farm in Illinois, and we didn't have a lot of money. But I lived vicariously through magazines. I was obsessed with Jean Paul Gaultier. I still have the scrapbooks, and I've kept all my designs and sketches.
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.
Once you start writing a character visually, you're in trouble.
If somebody's doing something, and you're laughing, and at the same time you're so embarrassed for them, it's my absolute kind of favorite type of laugh.
I love a woman who's solid in her shoes.
I feel like I got hit with a lucky stick.
The goal was to work enough to pay my bills and stop going through the couch looking for change. Going way beyond that isn't something I really factored in.
I'm certainly not shy, but I like playing it because I love those characters that are incredibly confident but really still a mess.
The average size of a woman is 14.
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'm obsessed with 'Call The Midwife.'
Part of being young is you think gaining 6 lbs. is the end of the world.
I didn't wear jeans for, like, a decade of my life.
I want pockets in my dresses. I put pockets in everything! I want pockets inside my pockets.
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 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 didn't really know how to write jokes, so I just told weird, long stories about being tall and beautiful and wealthy in New York. I'd tell them very seriously, but I kind of looked like a drag queen at the time with big wigs and crazy 12-inch platform heels.
I've never been interested in playing the boring ingenue.
I'll do almost anything for a laugh.
