Nushrat Bharucha Quotes

When 'Totally Biased' was canceled, I thought my career was over - but apparently it wasn't.

When my career hit rock-bottom in 2007 I decided to take a clean break.

Being an actor is just kind of embarrassing.

Early on, I had five jobs in a row where I was either fired or canceled.

I am always interested in making myself as uncomfortable as I can. Sometimes I ask myself, 'Can I stand onstage and sing this song and sell it?' Sometimes I can't. In a room, you get to pretend a little bit and step outside of yourself.

Actors are very demanding because they have nowhere to hide. If I write a scene, it doesn't turn out very well, I don't ever have to show it to anyone; when you turn the camera on, or when you walk on stage, they have to feel like what's happening is real.

Actors, by very definition, we want people to pay attention to us, and so usually, that comes in the package of insecurity. So if we're not comfortable, we don't really show you a lot.

If people don't like your act, it feels a little bit more like they don't like you as opposed to they didn't like that character... It's weird because on one hand, we make our living from being permeable and vulnerable, but we also have to have very thick skin.

As an actor, we have to be so vulnerable that it's really hard to involve yourself with the other aspects of filmmaking.

There's something so naked about being on stage as a musician. I think about that even with standup comedy or something - like, 'This is it, this is what I got.'

There is a lot of negativity that you welcome into your life when you're an actor. You bare your soul for anyone to see.

Because I feel as actors we are required to be vulnerable, it is a part of our job. So the space that you are being vulnerable in should respect that, otherwise it is not worth it.

Acting is a subtle combination of hiding and revealing yourself, and as I'm not an extrovert, this is painful for me.

You look at a guy like Drew McIntyre, right? He was released and it actually helped him.

For whatever reason, the UFC wouldn't credential me during the first two years of my career.

I am quite an insecure person, and I think that, like any director, if I'm asked about my vision for a piece, I feel very vulnerable.

As a performer you often feel that you're the child and everyone else is a grown-up.

I did musicals. It's funny, because I can hide behind a character and a voice, but when I have to bring myself and my own voice to it, it's very nerve-wracking.

There have been times in my career when people thought I was a pushover, especially as they saw me as this smiley guy.

I faced many ups and downs, like any other actor: not getting through auditions or even worse - getting shortlisted and not being selected. Most actors go through the process.

Being in an acting class, you always feel like, you know, you're insecure, a lot of ways, when the teacher is commenting on your performance.

My career was dwindling down and I got to be in Golden State for two years and show I still have it.

Every person goes through a bad phase. Amitabh Bachchan and Salman Khan, too, had a rough phase in their careers. In my case, it was unfortunate that my personal problems came up at a time when I took a break to rejuvenate myself.

Staging any play is very exposing because, if you are going to do it well, you have to put so much of yourself into it.

I have to be vulnerable to allow myself to give the best performance I, and that doesn't stop in between takes, and it doesn't stop when I am finished for the night.