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She takes the “Get beach body ready!” cover lines on women’s magazines and makes them irrelevant, shedding light on what really matters: her work as a woman, a mother and an actress. Most recently, she slammed a reporter who mocked her looks in _Tammy,_ calling him out in person at the Toronto Film Festival. She’s also a crusader for change, starting a plus-size clothing line called Melissa McCarthy Seven7 to ensure that all women can dress for their style and mood, no matter her size. As her latest comedy _Spy_ hits theaters Friday, soak up some of her wisdom with her most inspiring quotes. ### On fame  Getty Images ### On loving life  Getty Images ### On body image  Getty Images ### On feeling fulfilled  Getty Images ### On confidence  Getty Images ### On being yourself  Getty Images ### On women  Getty Images ### On weight  Getty Images ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3909192/melissa-mccarthy-spy/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3909192/melissa-mccarthy-spy/"},"headline":"8 of Melissa McCarthy's Most Inspiring Quotes","datePublished":"2015-06-05T16:51:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:47:27.911Z","description":"The actress inspires on and off screen","url":"https://time.com/3909192/melissa-mccarthy-spy/","keywords":["Living","Newsfeed","movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"ashley Ross","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-ross/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-living/","name":"Living"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3909192/melissa-mccarthy-spy/","name":"8 of Melissa McCarthy's Most Inspiring Quotes"}}]}] ```