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Mindy Kaling says women often enjoy a chase more than a gift, and she jokes that nobody wants to grow up to be Mindy Lahiri or Michael Scott. She talks about the pressure of being a role model for younger women while keeping a little mystery in her blog. Her thoughts mix humor, identity, and responsibility.

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I think women in general like men that don't give them the thing that we want. We want a chase.

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I think a lot of people compare female writers or female comedians to each other in a way that men are not.…

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My mom always used to say, "You can't say I love you before you can say I." And I think that sort…

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I had to learn a skill set. I think I had the materials to be a good comedy writer.

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I don't think anyone wants to grow up to be Mindy Lahiri, the same way no one wants to grow up to…

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I think sometimes people think cheerful is a synonym for dumb, so no one is ever cheerful.

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Your fear that your parents will actually kill you for dropping out of college is something that I think a lot of…

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I really think guys only need two pairs of shoes. A nice pair of black shoes and a pair of Chuck Taylors.

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I think references, where they fit organically, are great. It's great to do a show that's real and relatable, and so much…

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I'm Indian-American and I think that when I think of myself as being culturally Indian, it had so much to do with…

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I find it very sad that so many girls who look up to me are young women of color who have been…

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I try not to put anything political on the forefront of what I'm trying to do creatively. At the same time, I…

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I think a lot of writers, male and female, write as if their parents were killed in a car accident when they…

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Almost every college playwright or sketch or improv comedian was sort of aware of Christopher Durang - even kids in high school.…

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It's weird: I was in a conference room, shouting out story ideas in the voices of different characters, and it was something…

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When men hear women want a commitment, they think it means commitment to a romantic relationship, but that's not it. It's a…

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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…

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..I find it incredible impossible not to cry when I hear Stevie Nicks's "Landslide," especially the lyric: "I've been afraid of changing,…

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When I was a kid, my parents smartly raised us to keep quiet, be respectful to older people, and generally not question…

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What Mindy has in common with a lot of women in their mid-30s is that she's obsessed with marriage. It's the entire…

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There's obviously instances where I perceive sexism in my job. ... I think that the sort of sexism that I see has…

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There are little Indian girls out there who look up to me, and I never want to belittle the honor of being…

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I love women who are bosses and who don't constantly worry about what their employees think of them. I love women who…

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I don't mind that if I ever star in movies, they'll likely be mine. That's okay, because my great role models -…

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When smart people are nice, it's always terrifying, because I know they're taking in everything and thinking all kinds of smart and…

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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…

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Don't fall into the trap of thinking about politics in your workplace too much. Just work hard, be cheerful, ignore distractions.

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I think as humans, no one remembers their successes, everyone just remembers their failures.

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Live performance really terrifies me. I haven't done it, really, in years. I think that's why I retired from my brief career…

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I am always surprised at what movie studios think people will want to see. I'm even more surprised at how often they…

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If I could make a device where people could just intuit everything you are thinking - a little cable you plug into,…

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We always think of a diet with a big groan. But I think diets are fun. I think it is an American…

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They talk about how men are chasers, but women are just like that too. At least a lot of the women that…

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I know a lot of people think of me and they like, oh that girl is really sexy, that girl is really…

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In psychology (okay, Twilight) they teach you about the notion of imprinting, and I think it applies here. I reverse-imprinted with athleticism.…

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There is a lot of catarsis that passes itself off as art or comedy and I'm kind of critical of that. I…

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My understanding of the way sex scenes work is that you're surrounded by crew, and you're cold, and you have to do…

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Couples are really funny, because if they are together, they can fight and do fun things together. In Jane Austen books, marriage…

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I fall into that nebulous, quote-unquote, normal American woman size that legions of fashion stylists detest. For the record, I'm a size…

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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…

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I regard romantic comedies as a subgenre of sci-fi, in which the world operates according to different rules than my regular human world.

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