Television Hollywood has long failed South Asian women. I guess it’s a easier than a lot of things, but it’s sort of fatiguing mentally. I’ve never done more than two episodes in one sitting. Then they’ll be like, “Your voice sounds a little scratchy, maybe we should take a break?” Yeah, no kidding! You do it really hard for a day and then you sort of take a break. Luckily, I don’t do it that much because you want to get it right so badly that you got to keep at it, keep that focus and intensity. The first year, it was at recording studios in New York and L.A. Usually there are a bunch of people and Lang, most predominantly. So it’s nice to sort of do something later on where you can. At certain times, I was disappointed in myself that while I was doing what I was doing - and I was even the best at it - I wasn’t getting the type of enjoyment I would have liked.
I saw one interview on one of those entertainment shows where they were speaking to Maitreyi and they were like, “Have you ever thought about who you’d like as narrator?” And I’m like, “Why the hell are they saying that?” She didn’t respond with something like: “Yes, I want Michelle Pfeiffer or I want Mindy Kaling to do it.” I suppose, as you get older, at least with me, you learn to appreciate things more. I’ve always believed in the theory it’s better to try and fail than not try at all. I like to try to do things that get you out of your comfort zone a little bit. I didn’t realize until I got into it - I was, like wait a minute: I’m in the head of a high school girl who’s Indian American? And I’m supposed to be like her uncle, as well as her psychiatrist, as well as a few other things? And there’s a lot of lines? I was happy because I’ve done a lot of cameos over the years, are fun, but this one seemed like I was actually, in a way, part of the cast. And I was at this gallery that sold tapestries and I saw one that I like so I went in and asked, “How much is that tapestry?” And they go, “Are you John McEnroe? I recognize your voice.” So I wore this Jimi Hendrix-type wig and a beard. Over the years, people have said to me often: “Oh, I recognize your voice.” Years ago, when I was probably 25, I was fed up with being recognized - I know that’s sounds terrible - but I wanted to just walk down Fifth Avenue.
So, when I actually did hear from Mindy and her people, I was pleasantly surprised. At first, she just said, “ this idea for the show I’m doing and I’d love you to narrate it.” Nine times out of 10 it’s the last time you’ll hear from someone.
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