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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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We always think of a diet with a big groan. But I think diets are fun. I think it is an American pastime for a lot of women. – Mindy Kaling

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My relationship with my mom is really the single most profound relationship that Ive ever had in my life. – Mindy Kaling

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Woody Allen is really the ultimate. I love that he believed in himself enough to do what he did. And I have that same feeling – that theres nobody that looks like me in movies, nobody would cast me as a romantic lead, but I want to do it and I feel confident that I can. – Mindy Kaling

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