And they said to me, ‘Oh, just wear jeans and a T-shirt.

It’s L.A. so nobody really gets dressed up for these things.’

That…felt like a missed opportunity, and then after that, I became really into fashion."

Mindy Kaling

Mindy Kaling at the ‘40-Year-Old Virgin’ premiere in 2005.S Granitz/WireImage

“I only shot for two days, but I have two really vivid memories of that movie.

And I didn’t even know I had been doing it.

I love the movie, but whenever that scene comes up, I fast-forward through it.”

Oscars After Parties

A glammed up Mindy Kaling with ‘The Office’ costar B.J. Novak at the 2022 Vanity Fair Oscar Party.Kevin Mazur/WireImage