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I work so hard and so many hours, and I've done that for years and years and years.
Mindy Kaling
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Mindy Kaling
Age: 45
Born: 1979
Born: June 24
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Actress
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Television Actor
Television Producer
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Cambridge
Massachusetts
Vera Mindy Chokalingam
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Fast food is hugely important in the life of a comedy writer. All we do is order in, and what we're going to eat is hotly debated.
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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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Is this a generation of orphans who are going to the improv to do stand-up?
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There are many teenage vampire books you could have purchased instead. I'm grateful you made this choice.
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I had these kind of unrealistic expectations that were fueled by romantic comedies, and it has both helped me and hurt me in many ways. It helped me because, in general, they've made me hopeful. I just figure things will eventually work out for me. But nobody is like any Tom Hanks character. Nobody is Hugh Grant. No one is Meg Ryan!
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People, you know, had trouble with the character. Mindy is not immediately likeable. She does and says a lot of things that you don't see in, forget female characters, any characters. Like, she says things like, I'm going to hell because I don't really care about the environment and I love to gossip.
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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.
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I used to forget that I was an Indian woman. I would even forget that I was a woman. I don't think of myself as bringing to the table a lot of 'women's issues.' I don't feel the need to write about maternity. I grew up thinking that the talented people in comedy were hard-joke writers.
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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.
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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.
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I don't want to be skinny. I'm constantly in a state of self-improvement but I don't beat myself up over it.
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Nothing gives you confidence like being a member of a small, weirdly specific, hard-to-find demographic.
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I feel like the high-concept shows that have some kind of gimmick tend not to be the hit classic shows of all time.
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Writing a book is the most terrifying thing that I've ever done. It's so much harder than writing for television because it is a completely different skill set.
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Something that's happened recently is that I don't beat myself up about stuff.
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I stupidly memorize my credit card and use it about thrice weekly for online shopping. The only reason I don't bankrupt myself is that I return about 75% of what I buy.
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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.
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I'm not into red carpet looks where it's clear the woman wanted to look like a pretty, pretty princess.
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I write a little bit about what it's like to be a female boss in my book [ Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?] and the things I've noticed about that, but by and large, it's just a tough job in general.
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Hey, a disclaimer about me: I’m rude.
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