Kumail Nanjiani
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
You're not sitting down to be like, okay, let's figure this out.
It's sort of very in the moment.
So when we first wrote The Big Sick together, that was the first time we had creatively engaged.
And there is danger in working with a spouse because...
the fight can go all the way down.
If you're working with a coworker, you can get into it, but there's like a floor as to how deep the battle can go.
With this, it can get personal and suddenly you're in.
So again, it's been a lot of conversation.
I feel like we've gotten very good at it now.
Still, there's still disagreements and challenges and all that.
But you really have to go, okay, now we're in work mode.
And again, just saying that does make a difference.
So like me saying, I'm going to be joyful.
It does make a difference.
We're in work mode.
It does make a difference.
And when you live with someone who's a co-worker, you could really be at work the whole time.
That's a danger.
So we have rules.
If it's a weekend, she has an idea.