Mindy Kaling

You've been on shows, and this was at the office, there was the writers who would really piss off the actors because they would do like either line readings or they would come in with notes too quickly. And I have both sensitivities. I, as an actress, was like, let me have fucking two takes, please.

You know, I'm not sitting here saying that I'm Elizabeth Moss or like one of the great actresses, but... I do have that side where I'm like, let me work it out.

You know, I'm not sitting here saying that I'm Elizabeth Moss or like one of the great actresses, but... I do have that side where I'm like, let me work it out.

You know, I'm not sitting here saying that I'm Elizabeth Moss or like one of the great actresses, but... I do have that side where I'm like, let me work it out.

Exactly.

Exactly.

Exactly.

But then I also have the side as the showrunner where I'm like, hey, this is too slow. Someone needs to go in and tell them they need to speak quicker. This is a comedy.

But then I also have the side as the showrunner where I'm like, hey, this is too slow. Someone needs to go in and tell them they need to speak quicker. This is a comedy.

But then I also have the side as the showrunner where I'm like, hey, this is too slow. Someone needs to go in and tell them they need to speak quicker. This is a comedy.

Or like, hey, this precision in this language, this line needs to be said as written because it's not coming across the way you think it is. What's nice about those guys and that experience, which was already terrifying, is that they knew how to give me notes and when to give me notes that made me be better.

Or like, hey, this precision in this language, this line needs to be said as written because it's not coming across the way you think it is. What's nice about those guys and that experience, which was already terrifying, is that they knew how to give me notes and when to give me notes that made me be better.

Or like, hey, this precision in this language, this line needs to be said as written because it's not coming across the way you think it is. What's nice about those guys and that experience, which was already terrifying, is that they knew how to give me notes and when to give me notes that made me be better.

And they really understood actors, which is why on this new show, I mean, they are beloved by everyone. Brenda Song, who's amazing, an old pro. Kate, all the guys are in the basketball. The background extras on the team, they all love I Can Dave. Ike is just that guy. It's like Monday and he's coming in to the grip. He's like, how was your daughter sweet 16?

And they really understood actors, which is why on this new show, I mean, they are beloved by everyone. Brenda Song, who's amazing, an old pro. Kate, all the guys are in the basketball. The background extras on the team, they all love I Can Dave. Ike is just that guy. It's like Monday and he's coming in to the grip. He's like, how was your daughter sweet 16?

And they really understood actors, which is why on this new show, I mean, they are beloved by everyone. Brenda Song, who's amazing, an old pro. Kate, all the guys are in the basketball. The background extras on the team, they all love I Can Dave. Ike is just that guy. It's like Monday and he's coming in to the grip. He's like, how was your daughter sweet 16?

He knows encyclopedic knowledge about politics, history, and movies.

He knows encyclopedic knowledge about politics, history, and movies.

He knows encyclopedic knowledge about politics, history, and movies.

And then he was on Jimmy Kimmel's show and made a million dollars for a school for deaf children. Right. With his dad.