. >> rose: since we're talking about the "the mindy projec "th" tell me about mindy leherey. >> mindy leherey-- i love her and i think she's an incredibly original character because she's politically all over the map. she has real streaks of libertarianism. she says absolutely selfish and crazy things sometimes which is so fun as a character. i alec baldwin in "30 rock" some of the things he says are such gifts. my character says, "i don't like that america recycles. i think it makes us look poor, frankly." she has that kind of energy about it and she has the conviction of knowing things are correct because she feels they're correct. >> rose: could you make her more interesting? i mean, is it possible to make her more interesting because she's the way she has the background she has and looks the way she does? >> my character probably could not exist. i think it's a good point, if she was not indian. >> rose: exactly. >> because if i was being played by, frankly, a thin, beautiful blond woman, you might find it incredibly insufferable. but i have the traipings of a marginalized person,