Kumail Nanjiani

So it really started from a practical place.

I was like, I need to know all this stuff that's going on inside here that I know now is there and it's undeniable.

Cause you open the door and then you're like, shut it again.

And that's when I was like, okay,

There's a lot here.

In order to be a better actor, I also need to go to therapy to see what all is going on in there.

It was actually, I took acting classes for years.

I didn't start going to therapy until much later.

But it really was from that, and Emily encouraging me, being like, there's so much inside you that you don't know.

You need to really, because she was a therapist for many years.

And she really, really encouraged me and pushed me to,

And I know how it sounds.

So your spouse being like, you need to go to therapy.

I mean, that was most of the battle.

It's weird, you know, Emily always is like, it's not just self-awareness.

It's also, you gotta do something about it.

So it came from that.

By that point, I'd realized like, oh, work is very hard for me.

I make it very hard for myself.

I do not enjoy it.