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It used to be that you had to make female TV characters perfect so

It used to be that you had to make female TV characters perfect so no one would be offended by your portrayal of women. Even when I started out on The Office eight years ago, we could write our male characters funny and flawed, but not the women. And now, thankfully, its completely different. – Mindy Kaling

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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 cant bring my mom back, but I can have children. – Mindy Kaling

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I have a great job writing for The Office, but, really, all television writers do is dream of one day writing movies. Ill put it this way: At the Oscars the most famous person in the room is, like, Angelina Jolie. At the Emmys the huge exciting celebrity is Bethenny Frankel. You get what I mean. – Mindy Kaling

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My dads whole family is in Madras and I was born in America so we didnt have that big Indian community. I dont really have anything interesting to say about it. When I talk about it people are like, meh, lets talk about something else. – Mindy Kaling

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