Melissa McCarthy claims to be a perfectionist and finds it difficult not to pick at things until she is fully satisfied.
The Mike & Molly star has a tendency to keep perfecting everything she does or interacts with due to an inability to settle. This may include acting, writing, or managing other aspects of her business and daily life.
When asked whether she does a satisfactory job at being a boss, she revealed to 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.”
She then added: “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.”
However, McCarthy had previously acknowledged her flaws as well. “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…”