I'm someone who loves romance. I always have loved it. Most people who grew up as nerds, as I was, surprisingly, have… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
People who are good at stand-up, they sort of seem to have to do it. Something within them makes them have to… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
I think sometimes people think cheerful is a synonym for dumb, so no one is ever cheerful. — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
Also, chubby people can never truly pull off ethereal the same way skinny people can never be jolly. — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
People seem to be having these awesome sex lives and I'm just trying to find a life partner to go apple picking… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
When people call me either a girl crush or their best friend, like, the best friend they want, that's, to me, the… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
As my mom has said, when one person is unhappy, it usually means two people are unhappy but that one has not… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
I'm an A student. I'm addicted to feedback, and I want to please people. That's sort of how I've gotten to where… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
As a kid, I always loved serialized books. It's the reason why people love 'Harry Potter.' Serialization is amazing. It works in… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
I know a lot of people think of me and they like, oh that girl is really sexy, that girl is really… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
Catharsis isn't art. You can't rely on catharsis to get a laugh. Because guess what? People do laugh when something's shocking, but… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
All women love Colin Firth: Mr. Darcy, Mark Darcy, George VI—at this point he could play the Craigslist Killer and people would… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
I try not to put anything political on the forefront of what I'm trying to do creatively. At the same time, I… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
Almost every college playwright or sketch or improv comedian was sort of aware of Christopher Durang - even kids in high school.… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
It's really sweet when people tweet at me and say I'm their spirit animal or 'I wish she was my best friend,'… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
My dad's whole family is in Madras and I was born in America so we didn't have that big Indian community. I… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
There are little Indian girls out there who look up to me, and I never want to belittle the honor of being… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
People ask me all the time how I got hired onto the Office. Another common question is how do I manage to… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
Whenever I wanted to talk to anyone on the East Coast, it was way too late. Living three hours behind was one… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
Those who are saying it's possible [to balance family and business] are often in a little bit of a rarefied place where… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, my parents smartly raised us to keep quiet, be respectful to older people, and generally not question… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
Teenage girls, please don’t worry about being super popular in high school, or being the best actress in high school, or the… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
I don’t think it should be socially acceptable for people to say they are “bad with names.” No one is bad with… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
There wasn't a big tradition of comedy at Dartmouth. More than that, there wasn't really anything artsy going on in Hanover, or… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
People take things at face value on social media. Earnestness is the assumption. — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
I think a lot of people compare female writers or female comedians to each other in a way that men are not.… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
People don't want to listen to a celebrity tweeting about their charities and shows. That's why comedy writers do well - we… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
My whole childhood was like: Work hard, be quiet, respect elderly people, respect your parents, and just be unobtrusive. — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
That's my advice to people. You can't get hung up on thinking, "Am I the victim in this situation?" No, I'm in… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
I am always surprised at what movie studios think people will want to see. I'm even more surprised at how often they… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
Writing, at its heart, is a solitary pursuit, designed to make people depressoids, drug addicts, misanthropes, and antisocial weirdos. — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
People talk about mumblecore but I prefer bumblecore, hyper-realistic bee movies about how bees really are. — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
I sort of refuse to be an outsider, even though I know that I very much look like one to a lot… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
Sometimes I eavesdrop on people. I could rationalize it - oh, this is good anthropological research for characters I'm writing - but… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
I'm an actor and a writer and a showrunner and I edit my show. ... I have a job that three people… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
People, you know, had trouble with the character. Mindy is not immediately likeable. She does and says a lot of things that… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
It makes me cry because it means that fewer and fewer people are believing it's cool to want what I want, which… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
If I could make a device where people could just intuit everything you are thinking - a little cable you plug into,… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
When smart people are nice, it's always terrifying, because I know they're taking in everything and thinking all kinds of smart and… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
You should never have to say hello or goodbye. Even at work sometimes, and I know this is very unpopular, is that… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
I think women in general like men that don't give them the thing that we want. We want a chase. — Mindy Kaling Copy Share
When you're "East Coast" person, you are so insufferable, and you have no idea. And I was. One, because I was miserable, and nobody… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share
..I find it incredible impossible not to cry when I hear Stevie Nicks's "Landslide," especially the lyric: "I've been afraid of changing, because I've… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share
I must have been 10 or 11, but anything Dana Carvey ever did, I just really loved. He was on for a long time,… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share
“As it is, I guess I find “Jack & Diane” a little disgusting. As a child of immigrant professionals, I can’t help but notice… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share
“As it is, I guess I find "Jack and Diane" a little disgusting. As a child of immigrant professionals, I can't help but notice… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share
True love is singing karaoke 'under pressure' and letting the other person sing the Freddie Mercury part. — Mindy Kaling Copy Share
I had these kind of unrealistic expectations that were fueled by romantic comedies, and it has both helped me and hurt me in many… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share
Almost every college playwright or sketch or improv comedian was sort of aware of Christopher Durang - even kids in high school. His short… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share
More than half the questions I am asked are about the politics of the way I look — Mindy Kaling Copy Share
“Even though Mavis was my secret friend, she is the only one I hope I see again. She’s the only one I wonder about.… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share
I regard romantic comedies as a subgenre of sci-fi, in which the world operates according to different rules than my regular human world. — Mindy Kaling Copy Share
“Be like Allan Pearl. Sit next to the class clown and study him. Then grow up, take everything you learned, and get paid to… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share
“Don’t be closer to twice a friend’s weight than to her actual weight,” I told myself. This little mantra has helped me stave off… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share
![“Those who are saying it's possible [to balance family and business] are often in a little bit of a rarefied place where they also have the money to do that. It's not quite such an easy stance to take when you don't have the same resources. I like to remind people that these are rich Manhattanites…” quote by Mindy Kaling](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/b99/mindy-kaling-672_articles_those-who-are-saying-it-s-possible-to-ba_1618244.jpg)
