Melissa McCarthy is a perfectionist.
The ‘Bridesmaids’ star always has to keep picking away at everything she does because she won’t settle for second best, whether she’s acting, writing or running her plus-sized clothing line.
Asked if she does a good job at being a boss, she told Irish Tatler magazine: "Hopefully I am good at being a boss. I think I expect a lot from people but I also have a lot of amazing people around me that are always surprising me and always pushing my expectations. I think we all push each other pretty hard.
"I think I am lucky enough to be surrounded by people that aren’t like, ‘Oh, that’s good enough’. None of us think that way. Whether it be in my clothing line, or if I am writing or even if I am acting something, I have a constant need to re-evaluate. I am always a fiddler and I keep thinking ‘I like this, could I love it?’ I can’t stop picking at it."
Meanwhile, Melissa previously revealed she loves all of her "flaws".
She said: "I feel sexiest when I feel comfortable, when I feel most myself, when I’m not trying to be anything other than who I am. [I love] all of it: my flaws, my shortcomings, my body parts that you’re like, ‘Well, couldn’t that be better?’ I think, especially after having kids, I go, ‘Well, the alternative is pretty bad. I’ll take me as I am.’ …
"I know I am not the ‘norm.’ It never occurs to me in terms of being a role model, though, because I don’t know any perfect women. If I, off the top of my head, name 20 of the most amazing women in my life, it’s all shapes, sizes, ages, colours, jobs."
Melissa McCarthy: I’m a perfectionist
