Mindy Kaling Quotes - Page 11

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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 I know, who tend to be ambitious, professionally driven women, they love that. Like seeking something professional that is hard to get, I think they feel the same way about men.

  Mindy Kaling

  Men, Thinking, Ambitious

  "Mindy Kaling on Danny's D*ck Behavior and Why Successful Women Are Drawn to Men Like Him" by Laura Beck, October 4, 2016.

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• We have this saying, and it's been very useful when a series, 'The Mindy Project' goes for longer than a hundred episodes, which is Mindy character can never get what she wants when she wants it. We enjoyed it because it felt very real to her character to make a big impulsive move and it seems like she has everything, this instant family, a guy she loves and then there's a moment of panic.

  Mindy Kaling

  Real, Moving, Character

  Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com

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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 premise of the 'The Mindy Project'. The pilot is her wanting to get married and her ruining her ex-boyfriend's wedding. For someone who fetishizes marriage so much, we're like, "OK, let's give it to her and let's see if it's as good as she thinks it's going to be." That's been the fun of the beginning part of this season is showing her what the challenges are of being married.

  Mindy Kaling

  Fun, Thinking, Giving

  Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com

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• When you only do 10 episodes for a final season, every character and all of her interactions in every storyline have so much more import because it's the last time we're going to do it. It's been really helpful saying, "OK, where do we want each of these characters to end?" We have 10 episodes to do it and working backward from that, I kind of envy my friends who have always been on a cable network because this is really that great benefit of doing it this way.

  Mindy Kaling

  Character, Envy, Helpful

  Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com

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• I want it to feel very satisfying, the ending, so you've felt like you were going on a journey and we were trying to lead you somewhere. So going into that, it's made it extremely funny but also a very emotional last season of the 'The Mindy Project' .

  Mindy Kaling

  Emotional, Journey, Trying

  Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com

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• 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

  Mind, Trying, Changed

  Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com

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• Every day, I wake up and I'm like, "Oh, I'm the star of my own show that has my name in it and I get to write it and hire actors that I've loved for such a long time!" It's amazing!

  Mindy Kaling

  Stars, Writing, Names

  "Mindy Kaling Talks Acting in and Producing THE MINDY PROJECT, Returning to THE OFFICE, GAME OF THRONES Obsessions and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. July 30, 2012.

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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 when I lived with my parents and was a kid because they would take me to the Diwali festivals. They would take me to the temple, and they would teach me about all the different holidays.

  Mindy Kaling

  Holiday, Kids, Thinking

  "In New Memoir, Mindy Kaling Has More To Say On Life, Love And Showbiz". "All Things Considered" with Arun Rath, www.npr.org. September 12, 2015.

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• 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

  Want, Might, Life Is

  "Mindy Kaling Talks Acting in and Producing THE MINDY PROJECT, Returning to THE OFFICE, GAME OF THRONES Obsessions and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. July 30, 2012.

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• The way that TV is set up is very helpful for when a show comes to an end because as an actor, you've got acting, but as a showrunner you still get to edit for three months and after that ends you get to do a sound mix. So, as a writer-performer in television, it's a very nurturing, gradual environment to say goodbye to a show.

  Mindy Kaling

  Goodbye, Acting, Helpful

  Source: deadline.com

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• Every actor pretends that they hate sex scenes, and the truth is that they all love them, and they're lying.

  Mindy Kaling

  Sex, Hate, Lying

  "Not My Job: Mindy Kaling Gets Quizzed On Do-It-Yourself Projects". "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!" with Peter Sagal, www.npr.org. June 20, 2015.

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• 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

  Men, Office, Actors

  "Mindy Kaling On Refusing To Be An Outsider And Sexism On Set". www.wbur.org. October 16, 2014.

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• This is extremely challenging when you sound like a 12-year-old girl, and you decide your first personal endeavor is to play, like, a - like, a very macho dude.

  Mindy Kaling

  Girl, Years, Play

  "Not My Job: Mindy Kaling Gets Quizzed On Do-It-Yourself Projects". "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!" with Peter Sagal, www.npr.org. June 20, 2015.

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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 there is a controlling side of me that is frustrated by that. And I actually don't think that it's a bad thing, because if I'm going to be in movies, in large part they're going to be movies that I write.

  Mindy Kaling

  Writing, Thinking, Hands

  Interview with Genevieve Koski, www.avclub.com. November 16, 2011.

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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 is the end of the story, but I actually think a really funny couple could be a fun thing to watch.

  Mindy Kaling

  Couple, Fun, Book

  "Mindy Kaling's Real-Life Dating Adventures, The Mindy Project, and SO Much More". Interview with Jessica Radloff, www.glamour.com. October 15, 2013.

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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 put together, she would never do something as unladylike as a beet eating competition.

  Mindy Kaling

  Girl, Sexy, Thinking

  "Interview: Brian Baumgartner & Mindy Kaling from The Office". Interview with Emma Loggins, www.fanbolt.com. July 9, 2008.

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• I don't ever remember being able to debate with my parents. Even though I thought of myself as a very bright kid, I couldn't be vocal in that way.

  Mindy Kaling

  Kids, Parent, Able

  Interview with Kathryn Borel, www.believermag.com.

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• 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

  Character, Names, Firsts

  "In New Memoir, Mindy Kaling Has More To Say On Life, Love And Showbiz". "All Things Considered" with Arun Rath, www.npr.org. September 12, 2015.

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• My whole childhood was like: Work hard, be quiet, respect elderly people, respect your parents, and just be unobtrusive.

  Mindy Kaling

  Hard Work, Elderly, People

  Interview with Kathryn Borel, www.believermag.com.

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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.

  Mindy Kaling

  Growing Up, Kids, Boston

  Interview with Kathryn Borel, www.believermag.com.

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• 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

  Mom, Brother, Dad

  Interview with Kathryn Borel, www.believermag.com.

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• In my writers' room, which is mostly men, I get a lot of questions like "What would be the quickest way to pass as a seemingly normal guy between the ages of twenty-five and forty years old?"

  Mindy Kaling

  Men, Years, Guy

  Interview with Kathryn Borel, www.believermag.com.

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• I'm a smart enough person to know that I don't want everyone to be cookie-cutter versions of the nine guys who wear Converse sneakers.

  Mindy Kaling

  Smart, Sneakers, Guy

  Interview with Kathryn Borel, www.believermag.com.

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• My mother is more of an adviser. I followed everything she did when I was younger, because I looked up to her so much.

  Mindy Kaling

  Mother, Adviser

  Interview with Kathryn Borel, www.believermag.com.

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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 think that just because you bare your soul or underwear or private moments it doesn't , or necessarily make for entertainment, or good writing, or funny writing.

  Mindy Kaling

  Art, Writing, Thinking

  Source: www.believermag.com

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