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
Truthfully, I guess I would like to be remembered as a great writer and a kind person. I wouldn't mind if an… — 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 mind that if I ever star in movies, they'll likely be mine. That's okay, because my great role models -… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
I have a thick skin, which comes from being a not-really-skinny, dark-skinned Indian woman. I haven't fit in every place, and so… — 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
There is some pressure when you are a woman doing what I do that you must support all other women unconditionally, no… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
Once I saw Paris Hilton leaving a restaurant in Hollywood and the paparazzi cameras were all over her. It looked so unpleasant.… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
I'm not married, I frequently use my debit card to buy things that cost less than three dollars, and my bedroom is… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
I've always assumed that my parents and my in-laws would live with me when I get older and have children. I just… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
I get so worried about girls with body image stuff And I feel like I have been able to have a fun… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
"Why is everyone trying to tell me that when you get older it gets better?" I didn't believe it, because I'm so… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
I'm the kind of person who would rather get my hopes up really high and watch them get dashed to pieces than… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
There is a lot of catarsis that passes itself off as art or comedy and I'm kind of critical of that. I… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
I was kind of unfriendly and suspicious of everyone around me. I didn't talk until I was about 15. It's a kind… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
I am a super-confident writer, and as a joke writer and as an actress, I'm like, 'I want to go head-to-head with… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
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… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
What I'd really like to write is a romantic comedy. This is my favorite kind of movie. I feel almost embarrassed revealing… — 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
I have an underdog spirit in me, and now it feels weird to kind of get my own way more often than… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
I feel like if I had my personality but was an OB/GYN, you would be psyched. You'd be like, 'My chatty, pop-culture-interested… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
I kind of killed it in college. You know that saying "big fish in a small pond"? At Dartmouth college, I was… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
I feel like the high-concept shows that have some kind of gimmick tend not to be the hit classic shows of all… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
The Tweets that I have written that are most popular are the ones that are the kind of universal girly concerns and… — 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