--- title: Melissa McCarthy Gives Inspiring Toast at the TIME 100 Gala description: Melissa McCarthy thanked the pioneers in the world who “forged ahead” despite naysayers while delivering her toast at the TIME 100 Gala. canonical: https://time.com/4309029/melissa-mccarthy-time-100-gala/ author: Melissa Chan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-04-27T03:39:13.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-05T08:50:17.712Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Watch Melissa McCarthy’s Inspiring Toast at the TIME 100 Gala og:description: “I would like to thank you, in all sincerity, for your anarchy" og:url: https://time.com/4309029/melissa-mccarthy-time-100-gala/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt306e06f0d7c57d7d/698890d2e20a873108a90969/melissa-mccarthy-time-100-toast.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: Actress Melissa McCarthy poses for photographers on the red carpet as she arrives for the TIME 100 Gala in Manhattan, New York, April 26, 2016. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Melissa McCarthy’s Inspiring Toast at the TIME 100 Gala twitter:description: “I would like to thank you, in all sincerity, for your anarchy" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt306e06f0d7c57d7d/698890d2e20a873108a90969/melissa-mccarthy-time-100-toast.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Melissa McCarthy’s Inspiring Toast at the TIME 100 Gala > Sponsored content. 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Melissa McCarthy at Time 100 Gala: "I would like to thank you for your anarchy."_  by [Melissa Chan](https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Apr 27, 2016 3:39 AM UTC  by [Melissa Chan](https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Apr 27, 2016 3:39 AM UTC [TIME 100 honoree](http://time.com/4299845/melissa-mccarthy-2016-time-100/) Melissa McCarthy thanked the pioneers who “forged ahead” despite their naysayers while delivering an inspiring toast at the TIME 100 Gala. The actress recognized the challenges the [honorees](http://time.com/collection/2016-time-100/) likely faced on their road to greatness, saying many were told, “you can’t do that” or “that’s not how you should think.” “Everyone in this room simply forged ahead,” she said. “I would like to thank you, in all sincerity, for your anarchy. And I mean that actually—I kind of mean that from the bottom of my heart. Thinking outside the box like that will change the world, and it doesn’t matter how small or how big.” **Read More:** [**_Melissa McCarthy Says She Believes in Ghosts_**](http://time.com/4308825/melissa-mccarthy-belives-in-ghosts-ghostbusters-time-100/) “None of you have picked the easy way,” she added. “There are a lot easier ways to do this than what you’ve all done, and I think we’ve all benefited from it greatly. I think we’re all grateful for it. I just want to say thank you for just going your own direction.” ## Transcript Hi good evening. Let me see. Wait. There's a whole light. I don't know how to, where to, I can't help you out with that light. I'm real mysterious. Girl. Hi there, good evening. I wanna thank Time 100 for this fantastic honor and just to the most remarkable grouping of people. Now everyone in this room, obviously, is known for their physical prowess and their superior athletic ability. People enjoy you for your brawn, certainly not your brain. You know what? Actually, let me. Could you hold that for one minute? [ LAUGHING ] [ BLANK_AUDIO ] You know what? I'm hosting the ESPY Awards later this year. I think I might just have the wrong, let me, give me one sec. [ LAUGH ] That's, no that's, I've got a great basketball bit in it, but it's not. Okay, here we, all right. I'm back on track. Okay, here we go. [ APPLAUSE ] Little snafu, I was incredibly excited about meeting so many amazing people tonight. And I have to admit I got pretty psyched about Kathy Niakan and her really discovering the human nome. Because I've always been a huge, where is Kathy here tonight? Where is Kathy? Kathy, girl, we are thinking the same thing because I have always loved a garden gnome. And every time I walk away, I think, when we're not looking, do they come to life? [ LAUGH ] So I just want to say like minds? Like minds think alike so thanks for that Cathy. What's that? She's mapping the human geno, okay that is different. Mapping the human genome. That is. I was doing a quick read. Ooh, boy, you know what. That is probably different. I'm gonna go out there and say more important. Then what I had brought up but I'm just saying to anyone in the room, your real free thinkers I'm putting that garden gnome thing out there so I'm looking forward to next year somebody kind of cracking that nut and letting me know what they do when we're not looking. But since I do have you in all honesty I would like to thank you in all sincerity for your anarchy. And I mean that actually I kind of mean that from the bottom of my heart. I think I think at some way along the road so many people in this room were told you can't do that. that's not how you should think. you're doing it wrong, you're nuts, you're crazy, that's not how we do things. That's not acceptable, there is a way to do it, and in one way or another, everybody In this room simply forged the head and thinking outside the box like that will change the world. And it doesn't matter how small or how big those people fighting for human rights and medical cares and, And making the world happier by singing amazing songs like Arianna out of that little, tiny body. I don't understand how that works. [ LAUGH ] And I just think it's also fantastic. And none of you have picked the easy way. There's a lot easier ways to do this than what you've all done, and I think we've all benefited from it greatly. And I think we're all grateful for it. So, from me and from the many human gnomes that I do know exist, so, crazy or not, they're out there, guys. I just want to say thank you for just going your own direction. Thank you very much. Ladies and Gentleman Danee McQuaga. 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