I think I've always wanted to be a role model, and I think ... everyone should try to live their life like they'd like to be a role model. I think it's like the thing keeping me out of jail.
Mindy KalingI have an underdog spirit in me, and now it feels weird to kind of get my own way more often than not.
Mindy KalingI think a lot of people compare female writers or female comedians to each other in a way that men are not. Male comedy writers are not scrutinized.
Mindy KalingI would be the first to admit that I have incredibly high, ambitious standards for my life and my career, and I've had those my entire life. It's something that was just instilled in me by my parents.
Mindy KalingI fall into that nebulous, quote-unquote, normal American woman size that legions of fashion stylists detest. For the record, I'm a size 8 - this week, anyway. Many stylists hate that size because I think to them, it shows that I lack the discipline to be an ascetic; or the confident, sassy abandon to be a total fatty hedonist.
Mindy Kaling