Live performance really terrifies me. I haven't done it, really, in years. I think that's why I retired from my brief career in stand-up. Mindy Kaling careerliveperformance Change image and share on social
I hated L.A. for a long time, and I wanted to leave it. I had these fantasies of going to 'SNL' and falling in love with some writer on 'SNL,' of getting married and living in New York. Mindy Kaling fallfantasyhate Change image and share on social
I'm not good at anything except writing jokes. I wasn't good at sports, I wasn't good at anything artsy, ever. I think there was a real worry for a while about what I would be good at. I was just this chubby little Indian kid who looked like a nerd. Mindy Kaling artsychubbygood share on social
There's a female writer-performer thing going on in TV right now. Mindy Kaling femaleperformerthing Change image and share on social
People take things at face value on social media. Earnestness is the assumption. Mindy Kaling assumptionearnestnessface Change image and share on social
As a kid it's adorable to have a gap in your teeth. But then, because of the shifting in my mouth, I started whistling through it, and as a 32-year-old woman, whistling while you speak in sort of annoying. Mindy Kaling adorableannoygap share on social
I feel lucky because I was a nerd, which I talk about in the book, but I had academic success, so through that, because that's what my parents put a great deal of value on, I had a great childhood because I sort of fulfilled the expectations of being good at school. Mindy Kaling academicbookchildhood share on social
I was always a silent comedy nerd. I would stay up late and sneak downstairs to watch 'Saturday Night Live' and 'Kids in the Hall,' and things like that. Very early on, my parents realized that I was not going to be an engineer or a doctor. I just don't have those inclinations, at all. Mindy Kaling comedydoctordownstairs share on social
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 americabearbig share on social
I feel like the high-concept shows that have some kind of gimmick tend not to be the hit classic shows of all time. Mindy Kaling classicconceptfeel Change image and share on social
