110+ Mindy Kaling Quotes On Success, Funny And Quirky

Mindy Kaling is an American actress, comedian, and writer. She is best known for her roles as Kelly Kapoor on the NBC sitcom The Office and as the creator, writer, and star of the Fox/Hulu sitcom The Mindy Project. She has also written and produced several films, including Late Night and Never Have I Ever. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Mindy Kaling on success, funny, quirky.

Top 10 Mindy Kaling Quotes

1. I'm not overweight. I flucuate between chubby and curvy.
2. There is no sunrise so beautiful that it is worth waking me up to see it.
3. People seem to be having these awesome sex lives and I'm just trying to find a life partner to go apple picking with. What's wrong with me?
4. If you are going to ask your crush for their phone number, you are one of the small group of women I am so jealous of.
5. Running is a quick trigger for a good mood. The great thing about endorphins, you don't have to be in great shape to get them.
6. Sometimes you just have to put on lip gloss and pretend to be psyched.
7. True love is singing karaoke 'under pressure' and letting the other person sing the Freddie Mercury part.
8. I have a personality defect where I sort of refuse to see myself as an underdog... It's because of my parents. They raised me with the entitlement of a tall, blond, white man.
9. I say if you love something, set it in a small cage and pester and smother it with love until it either loves you back or dies.
10. One friend with whom you have a lot in common is better than three with whom you struggle to find things to talk about.

Mindy Kaling Short Quotes

• I have a personality defect where I refuse to see myself as an underdog.
• I have the right to life, liberty and chicken wings.
• I found it to be smooth sailing - 100 percent smooth sailing my whole career.
• I guess when you go to business school you never turn business off.
• Listen, my body is attracted to your body but when you speak it makes my brain angry.
• Sometimes I aid into the confusion by having my character's name be my name.
• Elizabeth Kennedy is so chic. Her gowns have such structure, I feel like a work of art.
• I am the kind of person that is drawn to colors against my will.
• Of course, everyone wants to be mythologized in a great way.
• I have a goofy side that impacts my clothing a lot. To that end, I love witty, colorful, prints.

Mindy Kaling Quotes About Funny

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

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

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

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

People don't want to listen to a celebrity tweeting about their charities and shows. That's why comedy writers do well - we put out little funny ideas. — Mindy Kaling

I have crushes on celebrities or people I meet or see in the coffee shop, and every day I fall in love with three people simply because they said one funny thing or appeared to me in a certain way. — Mindy Kaling

Why didn’t you talk about whether women are funny or not? I just felt that by commenting on that in any real way, it would be tacit approval of it as a legitimate debate, which it isn’t. — Mindy Kaling

Mindy Kaling Famous Quotes And Sayings

I 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

I always knew I wanted kids, but when my mom passed away I was like, 'I want a bunch of kids. I want three kids or four kids, and I want to have that relationship again.' I can't bring my mom back, but I can have children. — Mindy Kaling

I'm the kind of person who would rather get my hopes up really high and watch them get dashed to pieces than wisely keep my expectations at bay and hope they are exceeded. This quality has made me a needy and theatrical friend, but has given me a spectacularly dramatic emotional life. — Mindy Kaling

The chorus of “Jack and Diane” is: Oh yeah, life goes on, long after the thrill of living is gone. Are you kidding me? The thrill of living was high school? Come on, Mr. Cougar Mellencamp. Get a life. — 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

I guess nothing puts a damper on a one-night stand as much as your friend pointing out all the opportunities where you might have been killed. — Mindy Kaling

I really think guys only need two pairs of shoes. A nice pair of black shoes and a pair of Chuck Taylors. — Mindy Kaling

Write your own part. It is the only way I've gotten anywhere. It is much harder work, but sometimes you have to take destiny into your own hands. — Mindy Kaling

I don't consider myself a fashion person, I consider myself a shopping person. As a person who has girlie interests and a little bit of disposable income. — Mindy Kaling

I don't want to be skinny. I'm constantly in a state of self-improvement but I don't beat myself up over it. — Mindy Kaling

I stupidly memorize my credit card and use it about thrice weekly for online shopping. The only reason I don't bankrupt myself is that I return about 75% of what I buy. — Mindy Kaling

Catharsis isn't art. You can't rely on catharsis to get a laugh. Because guess what? People do laugh when something's shocking, but that is, to me, the absolute fakest of laughs. That's not something that sustains a television series, or a movie, or even 45 minutes of a stand-up set at Carolines. — Mindy Kaling

My dad's whole family is in Madras and I was born in America so we didn't have that big Indian community. I don't really have anything interesting to say about it. When I talk about it people are like, 'meh, let's talk about something else.' — Mindy Kaling

There are little Indian girls out there who look up to me, and I never want to belittle the honor of being an inspiration to them. But while I’m talking about why I’m so different, white male show runners get to talk about their art. — Mindy Kaling

I've always assumed that my parents and my in-laws would live with me when I get older and have children. I just assume it will happen and that it's the right way to do things. It's a deeply Indian custom - that you kind of inherit your parents and your spouse's parents and you take care of them eventually. — Mindy Kaling

There are so many distractions you can face as a woman, either with relationships or worrying about, Should I go to this party? or, Should I be doing this to help me get ahead? All [success] is, is doing your work and staying focused. It's boring advice, but boring good advice is what you can get from me! — Mindy Kaling

I really love "Bridget Jones's Diary" - and I love the book, too. You wonder how it ever got made into a movie. She's supposed to be chubby, and two of the hottest guys ever are straight-up fighting over her? — Mindy Kaling

The Internet also makes it extraordinarily difficult for me to focus. One small break to look up exactly how almond milk is made, and four hours later I'm reading about the Donner Party and texting all my friends: DID YOU GUYS KNOW ABOUT THE DONNER PARTY AND HOW MESSED UP THAT WAS? TEXT ME BACK SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT! — Mindy Kaling

I would say that my mother is the single biggest role model in my life, but that term doesn't seem to encompass enough when I use it about her. She was the love of my life. — Mindy Kaling

If I gave my mother a knitted scarf she'd be worried I was wasting my time doing stupid stuff like knitting instead of school work. Presenting a homemade knitted object to my parents was actually like handing them a detailed backlog of my idleness. — Mindy Kaling

I have a whole system down for returning online shopping: a tape gun, a printer for return labels. That has replaced traditional window shopping in my life, as I've gotten busier. — Mindy Kaling

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. — Mindy Kaling

Colored leather is my favorite. To me, there's nothing more fun than wearing a cobalt blue leather skirt or a fuchsia leather jacket. — Mindy Kaling

In real life, shouldn't a wedding be an awesome party you throw with your great pal, in the presence of a bunch of your other friends? A great day, for sure, but not the beginning and certainly not the end of your friendship with a person you can't wait to talk about gardening with the for the next forty years. — Mindy Kaling

Even in my revenge fantasy where all I do is exercise, I can still do only twenty-five pull-ups. Pull-ups are tough, no joke. — Mindy Kaling

Also, chubby people can never truly pull off ethereal the same way skinny people can never be jolly. — Mindy Kaling

I love telling press the designers I'm wearing, especially if they are emerging. That's exciting to me, supporting talented newcomers. — Mindy Kaling

When I was twenty-five, I went on exactly four dates with a much older guy whom I'll call Peter Parker. I'm calling him Peter Parker because the actual guy's name was also alliterative, and because, well, it's my book and I'll name a guy I dated after Spider-Man's alter ego if I want to. — Mindy Kaling

In psychology (okay, Twilight) they teach you about the notion of imprinting, and I think it applies here. I reverse-imprinted with athleticism. Ours is the great non-love story of my life. — Mindy Kaling

Besides, who wants to read about success, anyway? Successful serial murderers, maybe. — Mindy Kaling

Best friend isn't a person, it's a tier. — Mindy Kaling

When I have time to sit and reflect on the different situations that I face every day, I'll be able to speak more succinctly about the challenges as a woman. — Mindy Kaling

I didn't completely forget how to be nice or feminine because I have a career. — Mindy Kaling

I’m the one who looks at the infant, smiles nervously, and as my contribution to small talk, robotically announces to the parent, “Your child looks healthy and well cared for. — Mindy Kaling

I worship makeup. The basics are always: Stila shadows, LeClerc powder for my crazy shiny skin, Bobbie brown liner pot, Chanel mascara, and Koh Gen Do for foundation, Nars for colors and sparkles. — Mindy Kaling

I’m not complaining about Romance Being Dead - I’ve just described a happy marriage as based on talking about plants and a canceled Ray Romano show and drinking milkshakes: not exactly rose petals and gazing into each other’s eyes at the top of the Empire State Building or whatever. I’m pretty sure my parents have gazed into each other’s eyes maybe once, and that was so my mom could put eyedrops in my dad’s eyes. — Mindy Kaling

My version of an Irish exit has an air of deception to it, because it includes my asking loudly, “Where’s the bathroom?” and making theatrical looking-around gestures like a lost foreign tourist. But then, instead of finding the bathroom, I sneakily grab my coat and leave. — Mindy Kaling

Skinny foodie, get away from me. — Mindy Kaling

I'm not into red carpet looks where it's clear the woman wanted to look like a pretty, pretty princess. — Mindy Kaling

I had to learn a skill set. I think I had the materials to be a good comedy writer. — Mindy Kaling

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

I cringe a lot when I look at my early talk-show experiences. — Mindy Kaling

Writing, at its heart, is a solitary pursuit, designed to make people depressoids, drug addicts, misanthropes, and antisocial weirdos. — Mindy Kaling

People ask me all the time how I got hired onto the Office. Another common question is how do I manage to stay so down-to-earth in the face of such incredible success? ... A third frequently asked question is: "Girl, where you from? Trinidad? Guyana? Dominican Republic? You married? You got kids?" This is mostly asked by guys on the sidewalk selling I LOVE NEW YORK paraphernalia in New York City. — Mindy Kaling

"Why is everyone trying to tell me that when you get older it gets better?" I didn't believe it, because I'm so contrarian and suspicious of everything. And then to find that it's kind of true is nice. — Mindy Kaling

I'm too excited to sleep! — Mindy Kaling

I am an incredibly impatient person. — Mindy Kaling

All women love Colin Firth: Mr. Darcy, Mark Darcy, George VI—at this point he could play the Craigslist Killer and people would be like, 'Oh my God, the Craigslist Killer has the most boyish smile! — Mindy Kaling

Here's my feeling: For everyone, men and women, it's important to be a feminist. It's important to have female characters. It's wonderful for women to mentor other women, but it's just as important for women to mentor men and vice-versa. In my line of work, having Greg Daniels be such a great mentor to me is fantastic. Finding a writer's assistant, be it a man or a woman, and encouraging them to think with a feminist perspective, is key. — Mindy Kaling

You might also see that some of my playlists are simply two songs on repeat fifteen times, like I’m a psycho getting pumped up to murder the president. — Mindy Kaling

There's obviously instances where I perceive sexism in my job. ... I think that the sort of sexism that I see has been one that's a little bit like a gentler form of sexism, but still a little bit debilitating, which is that when, as a producer and a writer, whether it was at The Office or [at The Mindy Project], if I make a decision, it'll still seem like it's up for debate. — Mindy Kaling

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

If I’m at a party where I’m not enjoying myself, I will put some cookies in my jacket pocket and leave without saying good-bye. — Mindy Kaling

Always Wear Flats and Have Your Friends Sleep Over: A Step-by-Step How-To Guide for Avoiding Getting Murdered — Mindy Kaling

..I find it incredible impossible not to cry when I hear Stevie Nicks's "Landslide," especially the lyric: "I've been afraid of changing, because I've built my life around you." I think a good test to see if a human is actually a robot/android/cylon is to have them listen to this song lyric and study their reaction. If they don't cry, you should stab them through the heart. You will find a fusebox. — Mindy Kaling

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

Bribes and boy bands. That’s all you need to be a babysitter. — Mindy Kaling

I 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 Kaling

That's what she said. — Mindy Kaling

Something that's happened recently is that I don't beat myself up about stuff. — Mindy Kaling

I don't think anyone wants to grow up to be Mindy Lahiri, the same way no one wants to grow up to be Michael Scott.But that's OK. — Mindy Kaling

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

When I was a kid, my parents smartly raised us to keep quiet, be respectful to older people, and generally not question adults all that much. I think that's because they were assuming that 99 percent of the time, we'd be interacting with worthy, smart adults... They didn't ever tell me 'Sometimes you will meet idiots who are technically adults and authority figures. You don't have to do what they say. — Mindy Kaling

Later, when you're grown up, you realize you never really get to hang out with your family. You pretty much have only eighteen years to spend with them full time, and that's it. — Mindy Kaling

I just want ambitious teenagers to know it is totally fine to be quite, observant kids. Besides being a delight to your parents, you will find you have plenty of time later to catch up. — Mindy Kaling

Whenever I wanted to talk to anyone on the East Coast, it was way too late. Living three hours behind was one thing I complained about. The other thing, of course, was just that there were no seasons. I would complain about that too. Just tons of complaining, man, early on. I can't believe I'm still friends with the people I was friends with when I first started in LA. — Mindy Kaling

If you're a kid who was not especially a star in your high school, I recommend going to a college in the middle of nowhere. I got all the attention I could ever have wanted. — Mindy Kaling

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

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. — Mindy Kaling

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

What? I have a cold. Don’t get a look of terror on your face. The worst that could happen is that you’ll get a cold, too. You don’t have to theatrically Purell a thousand times a day and look all panicky every time I come into the room. — Mindy Kaling

Albums that remind me of my childhood happiness make me incredibly sad now. — Mindy Kaling

I'm an actor and a writer and a showrunner and I edit my show. ... I have a job that three people usually have, and I have it in one person. And the idea that the critic thought that I had this excess of time for which I could go to, like, panels or write essays was just so laughable to me. — Mindy Kaling

When you're "East Coast" person, you are so insufferable, and you have no idea. And I was. One, because I was miserable, and nobody liked to be around a miserable person, and two, everything that I thought was so profound, everyone had already dealt with. — Mindy Kaling

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

I think that when you're 5'4" and 150 pounds and you love to chat and you have a blog about shopping, trying to maintain a tiny bit of mystery where you possibly can is not a bad thing. — Mindy Kaling

So I’m into men now, even though they can be frightening. I want a schedule-keeping, waking-up-early, wallet-carrying, non-Velcro-shoe-wearing man. — Mindy Kaling

People, you know, had trouble with the character. Mindy is not immediately likeable. She does and says a lot of things that you don't see in, forget female characters, any characters. Like, she says things like, "I'm going to hell because I don't really care about the environment and I love to gossip." — Mindy Kaling

I feel like I'm in the right profession. — Mindy Kaling

It's really sweet when people tweet at me and say I'm their spirit animal or 'I wish she was my best friend,' which is the nicest compliment. For me, it's like, doing television is so personal because you're in people's homes, so the fact that people feel that way means so much to me. — Mindy Kaling

I find it very sad that so many girls who look up to me are young women of color who have been told that they are ugly, and who feel that they are not normal...I think it's so important that women look like me find that they can be beautiful or objects of love, attention and affection. — Mindy Kaling

There are many teenage vampire books you could have purchased instead. I'm grateful you made this choice. — Mindy Kaling

I’m Adorable. I Look like Keira Knightley Running Errands! — Mindy Kaling

Everyone has a moment when they discover they love Amy Poehler. — Mindy Kaling

If it weren't for my imagination, I would weigh ten thousand pounds. This is because the only way I am able to exercise anymore is through a long and vivid revenge fantasy. — Mindy Kaling

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

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

I'd rather be like Odysseus than someone who was handed everything. — Mindy Kaling

Because confidence is like respect; you have to earn it. — Mindy Kaling

Life Lessons by Mindy Kaling

1. Mindy Kaling has taught us to never be afraid to take risks and to stay true to ourselves. She has also shown us that it is possible to break through barriers and create our own paths to success.
2. Through her work, she has shown us that it is important to stay humble and to never forget our roots. She has also demonstrated that hard work and dedication can help us achieve our goals.
3. Mindy Kaling has also taught us that it is possible to make a positive impact on the world, no matter how small it may be. She has shown us that we can make a difference by using our talents and passions to create something meaningful.