I had these kind of unrealistic expectations that were fueled by romantic comedies, and it has both helped me and hurt me… — 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
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
When I was a little kid, I wrote this play about all these characters living in a haunted house. There was a… — 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 doesn't help for you to name a character's first name be Mindy and then be like, "I'm nothing like the character." — 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 just have my characters say my controversial opinions and then hide behind them. — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
We have this saying, and it's been very useful when a series, 'The Mindy Project' goes for longer than a hundred episodes,… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
It used to be that you had to make female TV characters perfect so no one would be offended by your 'portrayal'… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
When you only do 10 episodes for a final season, every character and all of her interactions in every storyline have so… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
Here's my feeling: For everyone, men and women, it's important to be a feminist. It's important to have female characters. It's wonderful… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
Sometimes I aid into the confusion by having my character's name be my name. — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
It's weird: I was in a conference room, shouting out story ideas in the voices of different characters, and it was something… — 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 Image
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 Image
..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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
True love is singing karaoke 'under pressure' and letting the other person sing the Freddie Mercury part. — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
More than half the questions I am asked are about the politics of the way I look — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
“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 Image
