552 Quotes by Mindy Kaling

My relationship with my mom is really the single most profound relationship that I’ve ever had in my life.

I’m giving a lot of opinions, but I don’t give any advice. I’m 31 and I’m not married and having kids. I’m five-foot-three. I weigh, like, 150 pounds and I’m not in this position to be telling people how to live.

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.

I am always surprised at what movie studios think people will want to see. I’m even more surprised at how often they are correct.

I can’t have a big breakfast or a big lunch because I get very lethargic, and then I get really cranky. I eat, but I have to eat small, healthful amounts of food.

I was kind of unfriendly and suspicious of everyone around me. I didn’t talk until I was about 15. It’s a kind of famous story at my house.

If I can muster up any allure in my life, at this stage, I wouldn’t mind doing that.

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.”

In terms of my Indianness, I try not to rely on it nor deny it. When it comes up organically in my writing, we can address it. About five years ago, we wrote this episode of ‘The Office,’ called ‘Diwali,’ which seemed like an organic way of using it.