Mindy Kaling

So we had each other.

I didn't know anyone else out here.

Right.

And we were definitely not plugged into the city or the nightlife.

Okay.

We would, yeah, on Saturdays we would like play ping pong.

in our pool house in Santa Monica and drink beer and then take a cab into Hollywood to try to get into a nightclub knowing that we wouldn't get in.

Four dudes.

Yeah.

Get turned around and then happily get back in the cab and go back to Santa Monica and keep drinking beer and play more ping pong.

So that was like our weekend routine.

And it's always like the hot spot.

Is that—can you, like, integrate that?

No, I just remember after a couple years, we met a Swedish girl out here, like, and she was plugged into the city.

And she was so nice.

Yeah, she moved out of here when she was, like, 20, but she was very plugged into the city.

Okay.

And she would take pity on us.

So she would, like—I remember, like, we would try to get into a nightclub, couldn't get in, and—

My buddy called her and was like, Helena, do you know anyone here at the club?