Mindy Kaling Addresses Renee Rapp's 'Sex Lives of College Girls' Exit & the Ritual Anne Hathaway Taught Her

On being a Hollywood executive:

“Only wanting to be a creative—to write and act—that’s all I cared about. It wasn’t until my late 20s that I started thinking of things differently.”

On what time she wakes up on Mondays:

“If I can sleep until 6 a.m., I’m very excited. But what has been happening recently is that I’ll get up between 3:15 and 4:15 a.m. and then just sit there with my worries until I hear my kids stirring.”

On how she likes her coffee and breakfast:

“One of the most off-putting things about me is that I don’t drink coffee. I love the ritual of it and I love beautiful cappuccino art, so I really do feel excluded from a big part of culture. I think people are suspicious of it, and I would be, too. By the time the kids are eating breakfast at like 7, 7:15, I’m very hungry. I don’t eat a ton because I will go for a run or walk. So, typically, something like a corn tortilla toasted on the stovetop with a piece of avocado and a piece of turkey bacon. I tried overnight oats for the first time this past week because I saw a recipe on Instagram that looked delicious. I found them to be slimy and disgusting. No idea how people eat them.”