What I'd really like to write is a romantic comedy. This is my favorite kind of movie. I feel almost embarrassed revealing this, because the genre has been so degraded in the past twenty years that saying you like romantic comedies is essentially an admission of mild stupidity.

In a 2007 interview with The A. Kaling's TV appearances include a 2005 episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm playing Richard Lewis's assistant. Career
In 2003 Mindy Kaling portrayed Ben Affleck in a play called Matt & Ben which Mindy Kaling also co-wrote with her best friend from college Brenda Withers.

She is also a co-executive producer director and writer of several of the show's episodes; Mindy Kaling also wrote executive produced and directed various episodes of The Office.