Melissa McCarthy Says This Common Behavior at Work is Unflattering

Melissa McCarthy Says This Common Behavior at Work is Unflattering Melissa McCarthy is gracing the cover of InStyles February issue, wherbeie she has an exclusive interview aptly titled, Its a Good Time to Be Melissa McCarthy. The actress has been living her best life lately, recently nominated for both a Golden Globe and a Screen Actors Guild Award as best actress for her performance as the late biographer Lee Israel in Can You Ever Forgive Me?.Its obvious that the comedian knows a thing or two about winning in the workplace shes won over Hollywood, after all. So we can all take note of the piece of advice about unflattering workplace behavior that she shares in her inStyle interview.If youre too cool to do the job, it pisses me off, she reportedly said.Even if its a dumb joke, your job as an actor is to make it better. So if you dont, you suck mora than the person who wrote it. I spent 20 years trying to get a job, so when someone doesnt really put in the effort, it just makes me mad. How easy did it come for you that you dont feel like youre grateful, or that you dont have to try?She adds that nothing is more unflattering than someone who doesnt try, calling a lack of effort is a poseur thing to do.McCarthy has worked hard herself over the course of her storied career.She got her start as a standup comedian in New York before moving to Los Angeles, where she joined the legendary comedy group, The Groundlings. And, only after various smaller television appearances did she have her breakthrough as Sookie St. James on the acclaimed seriesGilmore Girls. She ultimately went on to land a lead role on the show Mike Molly, for which she won an Emmy. And she then was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Bridesmaids. Shes since starred in other comedies like The Heat, Tammy, St. Vincent, Spy, The Bossand Life of the Party.The now inclusive clothing line designer had put in her time, working her way up through Hollywood a nd she immersed herself in every aspect of the industry along the way.I do feel like I work 500 percent on everything, she told inStyle. Im a complete obsessive. Im in on every department. I want to talk about wigs, costumes, makeup, and construction because I love every part of it. If this all goes away and I didnt try, Id be, like, the dumbest idiot on earth.Thats why she said shed rather watch someone try hard and fail then expect that success would be handed to them, she added.--AnnaMarie Houlis is a feminist, a freelance journalist and an adventure aficionado with an affinity for impulsive solo travel. She spends her days writing about womens empowerment from around the world. You can follow her work on her blog, HerReport.org, and follow her journeys on Instagram her_report,Twitterherreportand Facebook.