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The multi-hyphenate's latest creation, Netflix sitcom Running Point, is a different swing than Kaling, 45, is used to, because of how little emphasis it puts on romance, she tells PEOPLE. But she still made sure to get some "sexiness" in there.

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00:00I love romantic comedies.
00:02I love the romantic comedies she has done.
00:04But what's great about her character,
00:06and a lot of the characters in this,
00:08is like romance is not even in the top five things
00:10that they're worried about in their life.
00:11And I'm not really used to writing that.
00:13I'm used to writing characters
00:14who like dream of having a boyfriend,
00:16getting married, that solving their problems.
00:18They're not worried about,
00:19but sexiness follows them everywhere.
00:22Like the show is super sexy
00:23and there's lots of sexy situations.
00:25And that's just because I like that.
00:27I'm a horny old woman.
00:30Who wants to come home and turn on my Netflix?
00:31Oh my God, that means I'm a horny old woman too.
00:34Interesting, you know,
00:36Jay Ellis having vibes with you.
00:38Like who doesn't want to see that?
00:39But it's also great that she wants to be taken seriously.
00:43Right? Like she wants to be taken seriously.
00:44She has all this stuff with her family.
00:47So, and then romance, you know, it is a romantic show.
00:50There's romance in it,
00:51but it's not like anybody's top priority,
00:54which is like a fun change for me.
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