Mindy Kaling

I kind of killed it in college. You know that saying "big fish in a small pond"? At Dartmouth college, I was freakin' Jaws in a community swimming pool ↗

— Mindy Kaling

#humor

Future hipsters will love me ironically. ↗

— Mindy Kaling

#love

When smart people are nice, it's always terrifying, because I know they're taking in everything and thinking all kinds of smart and potentially judgmental things. ↗

— Mindy Kaling

#humor

I think sometimes people think cheerful is a synonym for dumb, so no one is ever cheerful. ↗

— Mindy Kaling

#irony #humor

[…]Frisbee people won’t let it go. My theory is that this is because there’s a huge overlap between people who are good at Frisbee and people who do Teach for America. ↗

— Mindy Kaling

#humor

I love talking about clothes with women; it's like a code because women dress for women. ↗

— Mindy Kaling

#because #clothes #code #dress #i

I just have my characters say my controversial opinions and then hide behind them. ↗

— Mindy Kaling

#characters #controversial #hide #i #just

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. ↗

— Mindy Kaling

#am #double #every #go #i

I have such a rich fantasy life, I can't help it. I do make up a lot of romantic stories in my head. ↗

— Mindy Kaling

#head #help #i #i do #life

I have an underdog spirit in me, and now it feels weird to kind of get my own way more often than not. ↗

— Mindy Kaling

#get #i #kind #me #more