Kumail Nanjiani
๐ค SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
I'm not going to survive this.
And so I made a conscious decision in 2019 before I went to shoot that movie.
I was like, I am going to have fun shooting this no matter what.
Joy is going to be my primary, is going to be the primary way I engage with my work for the next six months.
And just deciding that really worked.
I had a great time doing that movie.
Obviously, there's pressures and stress, but I didn't really feel that.
For me, I was like, I can't believe I get to do this.
It was really, really exciting.
And that changed my relationship to my work.
Since then, every single job I've had, I get excited to do it.
I do a lot of homework.
I prepare a lot.
I just did, you know, Oh Mary, we were talking about before we started recording.
It's a play on Broadway.
six years ago, seven years ago, I would not have been able to handle the pressure of that where you have to go out and nail every single night after night.
Yeah, but it really was, I mean, thank you for putting it that way.
It was self-defense.
It really was a survival thing.
I was like, I'm not going to come out of this grinder alive if I don't change how I approach it.