# Quote — Mindy Kaling, Why Not Me?

> I’m surprised when I remember that, physically, I resemble most women in this country. In the United States, a woman who is 5 feet 4 inches and a size 10 is probably more common than virtually any other body type. But somehow when she is on-screen it’s shocking to people, almost as shocking as seeing a married couple on TV where the man and woman are roughly the same age.

- Author: [Mindy Kaling](https://www.leafyquotes.com/mindy-kaling.md)
- Book: [Why Not Me?](https://www.leafyquotes.com/mindy-kaling/why-not-me.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mindy_Kaling#Why_Not_Me%3F_(2015)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/mindy-kaling/why-not-me/im-surprised-when

## More from this book

> I'm going to gently assume that if you're reading this book, you are a little bit of a nerd, or perhaps you're a man whose nerd girlfriend is taking a long time in the bathroom and you can't figure out how to turn on her television.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/mindy-kaling/why-not-me/im-going-to-gently.md)