Kumail Nanjiani

And so, yeah, that really was the pinnacle of excitement.

And it actually changed my relationship to my work because this ties in a lot of stuff.

So I'm going to try and make sense.

A lot of the stuff we're talking about.

For a long time, every new job, working I realized was more, the anxiety was too much.

When I think back on my years doing Silicon Valley, I wish I'd enjoyed it more.

I mean, I did enjoy it, but I wish I hadn't been so hard on myself the whole time.

For me, I would feel the sense of relief when the season was done.

Like, oh, I can't fuck this up anymore.

Before it started, terrible anxiety, fear.

Do I deserve to be here?

I shouldn't be here.

They're going to find out.

That kind of stuff.

Especially being on that show with so many naturally funny people, I felt...

Like I didn't deserve to be with them.

And I know how much anxiety that was.

And that was four months out of the year.

And before I was about to go to Marvel, I was like, this is so big.

This is so important to me that if I don't figure this aspect of it out, it's going to flatten me.