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


When I went to college, I did clothing and textiles. It really wasn't until I moved to New York, my second night in, I did stand-up. I took a wild left turn, and instead of going back and finishing school at FIT, I started doing stand-up and acting.


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.'


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


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


I could eat healthier; I could drink less.


I have an overactive sense of justice. I want women to realize you don't have to work for the company. You can run the company. I want the scope for them to be endless.


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.


I went to school for clothing and textiles and thought this is what I was going to do. Then I started working in costumes and literally said, 'I don't know if I can take the actors.'


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


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


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.


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.


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


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


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


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