It doesn't help for you to name a character's first name be Mindy and then be like, "I'm nothing like the character." Mindy Kaling More Quotes by Mindy Kaling More Quotes From Mindy Kaling I’m the one who looks at the infant, smiles nervously, and as my contribution to small talk, robotically announces to the parent, “Your child looks healthy and well cared for. Mindy Kaling healthyparentchildren In psychology (okay, Twilight) they teach you about the notion of imprinting, and I think it applies here. I reverse-imprinted with athleticism. Ours is the great non-love story of my life. Mindy Kaling psychologytwilightthinking My dad is funny in his own way, and so is my brother, but in terms of legitimately making a lot of people laugh, that's my mom. I inherit my sense of comedy from her. Mindy Kaling dadmombrother Why didn’t you talk about whether women are funny or not? I just felt that by commenting on that in any real way, it would be tacit approval of it as a legitimate debate, which it isn’t. Mindy Kaling realwould-beway If I’m at a party where I’m not enjoying myself, I will put some cookies in my jacket pocket and leave without saying good-bye. Mindy Kaling pocketspartybye I guess nothing puts a damper on a one-night stand as much as your friend pointing out all the opportunities where you might have been killed. Mindy Kaling opportunitymightnight Looking back six years ago when I had just come from 'The Office' to 'The Mindy Project' and what I was trying to say back then. I feel like we don't revisit our younger idealistic selves, you just get in this pattern of churning these episodes out. Now I was like, "Let's try and get in my mind back then," because my life personally has changed so much, too. I just thought, "What was I trying to say? And now can I make it look like it was all part of one larger story." Mindy Kaling changedmindtrying Future hipsters will love me ironically. Mindy Kaling hipster I have the right to life, liberty and chicken wings. Mindy Kaling declaration-of-independencelibertywings I really love "Bridget Jones's Diary" - and I love the book, too. You wonder how it ever got made into a movie. She's supposed to be chubby, and two of the hottest guys ever are straight-up fighting over her? Mindy Kaling fightingtwobook There is this cliche of, "Oh, your professional life is fine, but your romantic life isn't." But, that's also really true of me and all my friends. You don't want to not do something that's relatable simply because you're worried that it might be cliche. Mindy Kaling life-iswantmight I want a schedule-keeping, waking-up-early, wallet-carrying, picture-hanging man. I don't care if he takes prescription drugs for cholesterol or hair loss. Mindy Kaling losshairmen I've always assumed that my parents and my in-laws would live with me when I get older and have children. I just assume it will happen and that it's the right way to do things. It's a deeply Indian custom - that you kind of inherit your parents and your spouse's parents and you take care of them eventually. Mindy Kaling parentlawchildren Comedy writers have the most fragile egos. Mindy Kaling fragilecomedyego Whenever I wanted to talk to anyone on the East Coast, it was way too late. Living three hours behind was one thing I complained about. The other thing, of course, was just that there were no seasons. I would complain about that too. Just tons of complaining, man, early on. I can't believe I'm still friends with the people I was friends with when I first started in LA. Mindy Kaling menbelievepeople 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 every person.' I am an Indian woman and I'm a kind of double minority in this world. Mindy Kaling minoritieswantworld If I'm going to be a mess, I might as well be a hot mess, right? Mindy Kaling wellshotmight People don't want to listen to a celebrity tweeting about their charities and shows. That's why comedy writers do well - we put out little funny ideas. Mindy Kaling funnypeopleideas I'm not overweight. I flucuate between chubby and curvy. Mindy Kaling curvyoverweight All I want to do is be a gay icon. I was reading Lady Gaga's twitter, because she has like 12 million followers, or something like that. I feel like she has fans, gay, straight, bi, who would throw themselves off a building for her. Mindy Kaling iconsgayreading
