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
People take things at face value on social media. Earnestness is the assumption. — 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'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
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
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
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
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
Writing, at its heart, is a solitary pursuit, designed to make people depressoids, drug addicts, misanthropes, and antisocial weirdos. — 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
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
My dad is funny in his own way, and so is my brother, but in terms of legitimately making a lot of… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
I once heard that Quentin Tarantino, who I obviously love and think is a genius, says that there's no such thing as… — 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
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
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
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
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
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, 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
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
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
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
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
