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Mindy Kaling

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1131 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

In 10 years, if we stand here on Santa Monica Boulevard, you think we could get into any of these clubs?

Would one of us be able to get the others in?

Could we leave Helena alone?

Could we take her off the clock?

When she was gone, I realized that part of the reason I was...

Because they know you so well.

Fresh Air
Celebrating 20 Years Of 'The Office'

And that's a very cool tool because if you notice in the show, it's only certain characters sort of have the permission to have that familiarity with the camera and the cameraman. And other characters who have less self-awareness do it less. And it works great. Like, for instance, Rainn Wilson, who plays Dwight, I think is a kind of character who has less self-awareness.

Fresh Air
Celebrating 20 Years Of 'The Office'

And that's a very cool tool because if you notice in the show, it's only certain characters sort of have the permission to have that familiarity with the camera and the cameraman. And other characters who have less self-awareness do it less. And it works great. Like, for instance, Rainn Wilson, who plays Dwight, I think is a kind of character who has less self-awareness.

Fresh Air
Celebrating 20 Years Of 'The Office'

And that's a very cool tool because if you notice in the show, it's only certain characters sort of have the permission to have that familiarity with the camera and the cameraman. And other characters who have less self-awareness do it less. And it works great. Like, for instance, Rainn Wilson, who plays Dwight, I think is a kind of character who has less self-awareness.

Fresh Air
Celebrating 20 Years Of 'The Office'

And he doesn't do it as much as, say, John Krasinski and Jenna Fisher, who play Jim and Pam, the two, like, the love interests.

Fresh Air
Celebrating 20 Years Of 'The Office'

And he doesn't do it as much as, say, John Krasinski and Jenna Fisher, who play Jim and Pam, the two, like, the love interests.

Fresh Air
Celebrating 20 Years Of 'The Office'

And he doesn't do it as much as, say, John Krasinski and Jenna Fisher, who play Jim and Pam, the two, like, the love interests.

Fresh Air
Celebrating 20 Years Of 'The Office'

Or that he's the host of a party and that he wants to keep, you know, he wants to be kind to the camera people as the host of this party and the party is the office.

Fresh Air
Celebrating 20 Years Of 'The Office'

Or that he's the host of a party and that he wants to keep, you know, he wants to be kind to the camera people as the host of this party and the party is the office.

Fresh Air
Celebrating 20 Years Of 'The Office'

Or that he's the host of a party and that he wants to keep, you know, he wants to be kind to the camera people as the host of this party and the party is the office.

Fresh Air
Celebrating 20 Years Of 'The Office'

You know when you're on the subway and you see this, like, really weird-looking loser that's talking really too loudly and they have, like, a girlfriend? To me, that was, like, a big change in, like, the second season is that, like, characters who areβ€”you're kind of like, that person's loved by somebody? They are.

Fresh Air
Celebrating 20 Years Of 'The Office'

You know when you're on the subway and you see this, like, really weird-looking loser that's talking really too loudly and they have, like, a girlfriend? To me, that was, like, a big change in, like, the second season is that, like, characters who areβ€”you're kind of like, that person's loved by somebody? They are.

Fresh Air
Celebrating 20 Years Of 'The Office'

You know when you're on the subway and you see this, like, really weird-looking loser that's talking really too loudly and they have, like, a girlfriend? To me, that was, like, a big change in, like, the second season is that, like, characters who areβ€”you're kind of like, that person's loved by somebody? They are.