Actor-writer Mindy Kaling revealed she was invited to audition for "Saturday Night Live", her "dream job", when she was working on "The Office". The actor, who played Kelly Kapoor in the hit comedy series, said she was halfway through NBC show's season two when she got the offer. Kaling said she sat down with "The Office" showrunner Greg Daniels and told him about her childhood dream of being cast on "SNL".

"And he's like, you have a job here, I don't understand why you would want to leave. And I said, I know, it's just this is my childhood dream. And he said, OK, if you go there and get cast on 'Saturday Night Live,' I will let you out of your contract," she told The Daily Beast. The actor said after her audition, she heard "SNL" creator-producer Lorne Michaels wanted to offer her a job as a writer, not a performer.