--- title: "18 Ifs Quotes By Mindy Kaling" description: "18 Ifs quotes by Mindy Kaling. Plus more from Mindy Kaling and more Ifs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d8/mindy-kaling-672_hot_if-i-m-going-to-be-a-mess-i-might-as-wel_406954.png" --- > [If I'm going to be a mess, I might as well be a hot mess, right?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mindy-kaling/if-i-m-going-to-be-a-mess-i-might-as-well-be-a-hot-mess-right/) [Mindy Kaling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mindy-kaling/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d8/mindy-kaling-672_hot_if-i-m-going-to-be-a-mess-i-might-as-wel_406954.png) > [If you are going to ask your crush for their phone number, you are one of the small group of women I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mindy-kaling/if-you-are-going-to-ask-your-crush-for-their-phone-number-you-are-one/) [Mindy Kaling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mindy-kaling/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c9/mindy-kaling-672_asks_if-you-are-going-to-ask-your-crush-for-t_2591286.png) > [If I can muster up any allure in my life, at this stage, I wouldn't mind doing that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mindy-kaling/if-i-can-muster-up-any-allure-in-my-life-at-this-stage-i-wouldn-t/) [Mindy Kaling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mindy-kaling/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12e/mindy-kaling-672_allure_if-i-can-muster-up-any-allure-in-my-life_2888215.png) > [ I’ve worked in television for 10 years straight. If I were a man, it wouldn’t be considered strange \[to have confidence\] at… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mindy-kaling/i-ve-worked-in-television-for-10-years-straight-if-i-were-a-man-it/) [Mindy Kaling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mindy-kaling/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a28/mindy-kaling-672_confidence_i-ve-worked-in-television-for-10-years-s_1340281.png) > [Couples are really funny, because if they are together, they can fight and do fun things together. In Jane Austen books, marriage…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mindy-kaling/couples-are-really-funny-because-if-they-are-together-they-can-fight/) [Mindy Kaling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mindy-kaling/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c2/mindy-kaling-672_austen_couples-are-really-funny-because-if-they_896406.png) > [I love telling press the designers I'm wearing, especially if they are emerging. That's exciting to me, supporting talented newcomers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mindy-kaling/i-love-telling-press-the-designers-i-m-wearing-especially-if-they-are/) [Mindy Kaling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mindy-kaling/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60d/mindy-kaling-672_designer_i-love-telling-press-the-designers-i-m-w_1772082.png) > [I notice that a little bit at The Office, with, like, an actor: If I decided there'd be a certain way in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mindy-kaling/i-notice-that-a-little-bit-at-the-office-with-like-an-actor-if-i/) [Mindy Kaling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mindy-kaling/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/71c/mindy-kaling-672_actor_i-notice-that-a-little-bit-at-the-office_2946150.png) > [Truthfully, I guess I would like to be remembered as a great writer and a kind person. I wouldn't mind if an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mindy-kaling/truthfully-i-guess-i-would-like-to-be-remembered-as-a-great-writer/) [Mindy Kaling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mindy-kaling/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/71b/mindy-kaling-672_bags_truthfully-i-guess-i-would-like-to-be-re_211784.png) > [I think as women, you know, if you are considered a pioneer in these things, you can get really distracted by these…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mindy-kaling/i-think-as-women-you-know-if-you-are-considered-a-pioneer-in-these/) [Mindy Kaling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mindy-kaling/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a07/mindy-kaling-672_critics_i-think-as-women-you-know-if-you-are-con_2371472.png) > [In junior high, there were a lot of really ugly guys who were popular because they made people laugh. I was like,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mindy-kaling/in-junior-high-there-were-a-lot-of-really-ugly-guys-who-were-popular/) [Mindy Kaling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mindy-kaling/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e13/mindy-kaling-672_ask-a-girl_in-junior-high-there-were-a-lot-of-reall_2111504.jpg) > [When I've acted, and it's not been something I've written or have had at least a hand in writing, I do think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mindy-kaling/when-i-ve-acted-and-it-s-not-been-something-i-ve-written-or-have-had/) [Mindy Kaling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mindy-kaling/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b48/mindy-kaling-672_bad-thing_when-i-ve-acted-and-it-s-not-been-someth_1200081.png) > [I don't have very much time to surf the net, because it's as though my boss has a tracking device on me.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mindy-kaling/i-don-t-have-very-much-time-to-surf-the-net-because-it-s-as-though-my/) [Mindy Kaling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mindy-kaling/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13c/mindy-kaling-672_asking_i-don-t-have-very-much-time-to-surf-the_929160.png) > [I don't mind that if I ever star in movies, they'll likely be mine. That's okay, because my great role models -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mindy-kaling/i-don-t-mind-that-if-i-ever-star-in-movies-they-ll-likely-be-mine/) [Mindy Kaling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mindy-kaling/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e9/mindy-kaling-672_dialogue_i-don-t-mind-that-if-i-ever-star-in-movi_271842.jpg) > [There wasn't a big tradition of comedy at Dartmouth. More than that, there wasn't really anything artsy going on in Hanover, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mindy-kaling/there-wasn-t-a-big-tradition-of-comedy-at-dartmouth-more-than-that/) [Mindy Kaling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mindy-kaling/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ae/mindy-kaling-672_bigs_there-wasn-t-a-big-tradition-of-comedy-a_2527025.jpg) > [I have a love/hate relationship with my body, Some days I'm happy with it and other days I wasn't born with Gisele…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mindy-kaling/i-have-a-love-hate-relationship-with-my-body-some-days-i-m-happy-with/) [Mindy Kaling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mindy-kaling/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee2/mindy-kaling-672_awesome-life_i-have-a-love-hate-relationship-with-my_1663910.png) > [There's obviously instances where I perceive sexism in my job. ... I think that the sort of sexism that I see has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mindy-kaling/there-s-obviously-instances-where-i-perceive-sexism-in-my-job-i-think/) [Mindy Kaling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mindy-kaling/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4f/mindy-kaling-672_bits_there-s-obviously-instances-where-i-perc_1676745.jpg) > [There are time when friends have said they hooked up with someone and all it means is that they had a highly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mindy-kaling/there-are-time-when-friends-have-said-they-hooked-up-with-someone-and/) [Mindy Kaling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mindy-kaling/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4e/mindy-kaling-672_agree_there-are-time-when-friends-have-said-th_174915.png) > [As I've gotten older, I can look at myself more clearly and own the things that I'm good at and work on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mindy-kaling/as-i-ve-gotten-older-i-can-look-at-myself-more-clearly-and-own-the/) [Mindy Kaling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mindy-kaling/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d06/mindy-kaling-672_closets_as-i-ve-gotten-older-i-can-look-at-mysel_1854360.png) ## Other authors on Ifs ## More by Mindy Kaling > [I think women in general like men that don't give them the thing that we want. We want a chase.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mindy-kaling/i-think-women-in-general-like-men-that-don-t-give-them-the-thing-that/) [Mindy Kaling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mindy-kaling/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mindy-kaling/when-you-re-east-coast-person-you-are-so-insufferable-and-you-have-no/) [Mindy Kaling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mindy-kaling/) > [..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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mindy-kaling/i-find-it-incredible-impossible-not-to-cry-when-i-hear-stevie-nicks-s/) [Mindy Kaling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mindy-kaling/) > [I must have been 10 or 11, but anything Dana Carvey ever did, I just really loved. He was on for a long time,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mindy-kaling/i-must-have-been-10-or-11-but-anything-dana-carvey-ever-did-i-just/) [Mindy Kaling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mindy-kaling/) > [“As it is, I guess I find “Jack & Diane” a little disgusting. As a child of immigrant professionals, I can’t help but notice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mindy-kaling/as-it-is-i-guess-i-find-jack-diane-a-little-disgusting-as-a-child-of/) [Mindy Kaling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mindy-kaling/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mindy-kaling/as-it-is-i-guess-i-find-jack-and-diane-a-little-disgusting-as-a-child/) [Mindy Kaling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mindy-kaling/) > [True love is singing karaoke 'under pressure' and letting the other person sing the Freddie Mercury part.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mindy-kaling/true-love-is-singing-karaoke-under-pressure-and-letting-the-other/) [Mindy Kaling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mindy-kaling/) > [I had these kind of unrealistic expectations that were fueled by romantic comedies, and it has both helped me and hurt me in many…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mindy-kaling/i-had-these-kind-of-unrealistic-expectations-that-were-fueled-by/) [Mindy Kaling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mindy-kaling/) > [There's a female writer-performer thing going on in TV right now.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mindy-kaling/there-s-a-female-writer-performer-thing-going-on-in-tv-right-now/) [Mindy Kaling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mindy-kaling/) > [Almost every college playwright or sketch or improv comedian was sort of aware of Christopher Durang - even kids in high school. His short…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mindy-kaling/almost-every-college-playwright-or-sketch-or-improv-comedian-was-sort/) [Mindy Kaling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mindy-kaling/) > [More than half the questions I am asked are about the politics of the way I look](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mindy-kaling/more-than-half-the-questions-i-am-asked-are-about-the-politics-of-the/) [Mindy Kaling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mindy-kaling/) > [“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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mindy-kaling/even-though-mavis-was-my-secret-friend-she-is-the-only-one-i-hope-i/) [Mindy Kaling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mindy-kaling/) > [I regard romantic comedies as a subgenre of sci-fi, in which the world operates according to different rules than my regular human world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mindy-kaling/i-regard-romantic-comedies-as-a-subgenre-of-sci-fi-in-which-the-world/) [Mindy Kaling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mindy-kaling/) > [“Be like Allan Pearl. Sit next to the class clown and study him. Then grow up, take everything you learned, and get paid to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mindy-kaling/be-like-allan-pearl-sit-next-to-the-class-clown-and-study-him-then/) [Mindy Kaling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mindy-kaling/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mindy-kaling/don-t-be-closer-to-twice-a-friend-s-weight-than-to-her-actual-weight/) [Mindy Kaling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mindy-kaling/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ifs/mindy-kaling/#itemlist", "name": "18 Ifs Quotes By Mindy Kaling", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If I'm going to be a mess, I might as well be a hot mess, right?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mindy Kaling" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mindy-kaling/if-i-m-going-to-be-a-mess-i-might-as-well-be-a-hot-mess-right/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d8/mindy-kaling-672_hot_if-i-m-going-to-be-a-mess-i-might-as-wel_406954.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d8/mindy-kaling-672_hot_if-i-m-going-to-be-a-mess-i-might-as-wel_406954.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d8/mindy-kaling-672_hot_if-i-m-going-to-be-a-mess-i-might-as-wel_406954.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If I'm going to be a mess, I might as well be a hot mess, right?” — Mindy Kaling", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you are going to ask your crush for their phone number, you are one of the small group of women I am so jealous of.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mindy Kaling" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mindy-kaling/if-you-are-going-to-ask-your-crush-for-their-phone-number-you-are-one/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c9/mindy-kaling-672_asks_if-you-are-going-to-ask-your-crush-for-t_2591286.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c9/mindy-kaling-672_asks_if-you-are-going-to-ask-your-crush-for-t_2591286.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c9/mindy-kaling-672_asks_if-you-are-going-to-ask-your-crush-for-t_2591286.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If you are going to ask your crush for their phone number, you are one of the small group of women I am so…” — Mindy Kaling", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If I can muster up any allure in my life, at this stage, I wouldn't mind doing that.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mindy Kaling" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mindy-kaling/if-i-can-muster-up-any-allure-in-my-life-at-this-stage-i-wouldn-t/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12e/mindy-kaling-672_allure_if-i-can-muster-up-any-allure-in-my-life_2888215.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12e/mindy-kaling-672_allure_if-i-can-muster-up-any-allure-in-my-life_2888215.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12e/mindy-kaling-672_allure_if-i-can-muster-up-any-allure-in-my-life_2888215.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If I can muster up any allure in my life, at this stage, I wouldn't mind doing that.” — Mindy Kaling", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I’ve worked in television for 10 years straight. 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