Mindy Kaling recently sat down to discuss her decision to step back from acting and what would make her return.
The Office star weighed in on everything during an interview with The Hollywood Reporter.
It included some raw admissions and saw the actor gush about her time on-screen from 2005 to 2017.
Following her break in front of the camera, she produced the comedy Never Have I Ever, which peaked ratings in all four of its seasons.
“I miss it,” Kaling at the start. So much so that she admitted, “I would like to write or co-create a show for me to act in soon.”
After all, “a show literally about an Indian American family in Southern California, and if I wasn’t on that—what’s wrong with me?”
She even added, “I would love to do that again. That’s the thing that maybe in the next couple of years, when I launch a couple of other things that are earlier in the pipeline, that would be something that would be fun to do again.”
Kaling also took a moment to address her motivations and said, “Here’s my thing. I have worked on many different platforms and it’s not just about the money, but more often than not, the money represents real enthusiasm.”
But, “sometimes it doesn’t; sometimes I’ve done stuff for less money because the people seem so excited, like on the Zoom after the pitch.”
But before signing off she explained one point of contention and said, “the problem is that people are switching their jobs quickly that for me, I don’t think there’s been an instance where the person I sold a show, to that team has stayed intact for two years. Executives are moving constantly up and so to me, I never get too married to a creative team.”
