Gratitude is the closest thing to beauty manifested in an emotion Mindy Kaling More Quotes by Mindy Kaling More Quotes From Mindy Kaling I once heard that Quentin Tarantino, who I obviously love and think is a genius, says that there's no such thing as guilty pleasure, there's only pleasures. And I do love that idea, because I do think that there's a pretentiousness when people make a list of their favorite things. I like to live a life where I don't think of my pleasures as guilty pleasures. Mindy Kaling peopleideasthinking I notice that a little bit at The Office, with, like, an actor: If I decided there'd be a certain way in the script, it would still seem open-ended, whereas ... if I was a man I would not have seen that. Mindy Kaling actorsofficemen There wasn't a big tradition of comedy at Dartmouth. More than that, there wasn't really anything artsy going on in Hanover, or even in New Hampshire. The cool thing about the school is that there's nothing for people to watch, so if you were to do a play or a sketch or an improv troupe, it was always packed. There's nowhere else for anyone to go. But there was no comedy. Mindy Kaling playpeopleschool My dad's whole family is in Madras and I was born in America so we didn't have that big Indian community. I don't really have anything interesting to say about it. When I talk about it people are like, 'meh, let's talk about something else.' Mindy Kaling dadamericapeople Running is a quick trigger for a good mood. The great thing about endorphins, you don't have to be in great shape to get them. Mindy Kaling work-outshapesrunning When I have time to sit and reflect on the different situations that I face every day, I'll be able to speak more succinctly about the challenges as a woman. Mindy Kaling abledifferentchallenges 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 Bundchen's body unfortunately, so you got to work for it - but it's okay.†Madonna Mindy Kaling hatebodywould-be What I've noticed is that almost no one who was a big star in high school is also big star later in life. For us overlooked kids, it's so wonderfully fair. Mindy Kaling starsinspiringschool In junior high, there were a lot of really ugly guys who were popular because they made people laugh. I was like, "Wow, comedy is the great freer of hideous people." It was an incredibly liberating thing. If you ask a girl, "What do you want in a guy?" 99 percent are like, "I just want him to be funny." I thought, "If that applies to women, I'm set. Mindy Kaling girllaughingpeople I work so hard and so many hours, and I've done that for years and years and years. Mindy Kaling hoursdoneyears I’m Adorable. I Look like Keira Knightley Running Errands! Mindy Kaling adorablerunninglooks I didn't completely forget how to be nice or feminine because I have a career. Mindy Kaling nicecareersforget 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 charge of it. Mindy Kaling advicepeoplethinking To put it kindly, I am a very talkative, social person. To put it less kindly, I’m a flibbertigibbet, which is what my frenemy Rainn Wilson calls me. Mindy Kaling wilsoncall-mesocial My version of an Irish exit has an air of deception to it, because it includes my asking loudly, “Where’s the bathroom?†and making theatrical looking-around gestures like a lost foreign tourist. But then, instead of finding the bathroom, I sneakily grab my coat and leave. Mindy Kaling exitdeceptionair For heaven’s sake, if you don’t know someone’s name, just pretend you do. Do that thing everyone else does, where you vaguely say, “Nice to see you!†and make weak eye contact. Mindy Kaling niceeyenames He was so popular you could barely look at him without being blinded by cool. Mindy Kaling blindedlooks Everyone has a moment when they discover they love Amy Poehler. Mindy Kaling amymoments When I was growing up, I didn't do plays in downtown Boston, and my parents weren't putting me in auditions. They never thought, Oh, she has a gift! They never thought of me as an entertainer when I was a young kid. Mindy Kaling bostongrowing-upkids Besides, who wants to read about success, anyway? Successful serial murderers, maybe. Mindy Kaling murderersuccessfulwant
