Mindy Kaling Got Real About Why She Took A Break From Acting

Why Mindy Kaling Took A Break From Acting

At this point, Mindy Kaling is an undeniable multihyphenate. From Never Have I Ever and The Sex Lives of College Girls to Velma and Running Point, it honestly feels like we've gotten a show that she's created or written every time we switch on our TVs.

Mindy's been so ever-present behind the scenes that it's honestly been easy to forget that we were all introduced to her as an actor — especially in the classic NBC TV show The Office (which, to be clear, she also wrote for).

These days, however, Mindy isn't in front of the camera all that often. She's done some voice work on Velma and Monsters at Work, and she's made the occasional appearance on The Morning Show, but that's about it.

During a recent public appearance (via The Hollywood Reporter), Mindy addressed her recent absence as an actor — especially when it came to making a cameo on Never Have I Ever, which she ultimately decided not to do. “A show literally about an Indian American family in Southern California, and if I wasn’t on that—what’s wrong with me?” she joked.

“I think there is a part of me that feels a little superstitious,” she continued. “I’m like, these seem to have gone well and I’m not in them so maybe I’ll wait.”

Mindy also admitted that she does "miss" acting, and that she "would like to write or co-create a show for me to act in soon" — particularly because doing so would be “unbelievably fun and it’s so efficient.”

“I would love to do that again,” she said. “That’s the thing that maybe in the next couple years, when I launch a couple other things that are earlier in the pipeline, that would be something that would be fun to do again.”