Anybody can have a birthday. It requires nothing. Murderers have birthdays. It's the opposite of anything that I believe in. And I don't like at work where you stop everything to sing 'Happy Birthday' to someone. I feel like that's for children.

In a 2007 interview with The A. Kaling's TV appearances include a 2005 episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm playing Richard Lewis's assistant. Career
In 2003 Mindy Kaling portrayed Ben Affleck in a play called Matt & Ben which Mindy Kaling also co-wrote with her best friend from college Brenda Withers.

She is also a co-executive producer director and writer of several of the show's episodes; Mindy Kaling also wrote executive produced and directed various episodes of The Office.