Mindy Kaling sat down for a Paley Media Council Series conversation on Thursday, touching on her two-decade career in Hollywood and what she wants to do next.

The star, who got her start as a writer and supporting actress on The Office , said her original goal was “if I could just be a staff writer on even a terrible show, even if I could just be in the WGA and have health insurance and live in Los Angeles, I would be happy for the rest of my life.” As she became more successful, though, she wanted to produce and be No. 1 on the call sheet, admitting her idea of success “keeps changing and so I’m never happy, and that’s the writer’s disease.”

Mindy Kaling sat down for a Paley Media Council Series conversation on Thursday, touching on her two-decade career in Hollywood and what she

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