Ayushmann Khurrana Quotes

When you're younger, the mental strain of being a successful actor, jumping from role to role, and trying to have some kind of personal life, can really be terrible.

I went to school to be an actor in Canada and realized I hated auditions once I left, which is a huge problem if you want to get a part.

One of the best things my mother passed on to me was being an efficient multitasker.

I worked at Mark Foy's during the day and studied drama at night.

I find it really hard to even read another script while shooting.

But it's mostly about pacing yourself when you do these movies.

I love, love, love being an actor - it's still the hardest and scariest thing I do, outside of parenting. But I've always been someone who likes a busy day.

Balancing school, acting, and a social life can be difficult.

The biggest misconception about work is that you need to spend the majority of your time doing it.

People say to me, 'Oh, being a mother must make you a better actor,' and I think, 'Well, I never sleep, I have very little time to think about anything except when I'm actually there.' I wonder whether that makes me a better actor. I think it must on some level.

I have a sense of urgency, of time. I am a woman and am always running between work, doctors' appointments, school meetings, filling up the fridge, then going back to work. Like everyone who combines professional and family life, I am always doing several things at the same time.

Still, it's tough trying to combine my acting career with my college career.

Being an actor can be a lonely life.

I sometimes have to turn off the fan part of my brain when I'm acting; otherwise, it would be terrible.

If you're not careful as an actor, you can find yourself, at a certain point, a little bit bored.

Being an actor can be a cruel experience because there is no cooling-down period. You can be involved in something that's incredibly intense, but then it's a wrap and you've finished and you go home. I find it difficult to complete a job and then return to reality and find my healthy place.

Now, being a model and an actor, I'm trying to learn more as my profession demands it.

There's a lot of pressure being an actor and taking on challenges that people don't expect of you.

The challenging thing from a work perspective is just the range of things on any given day that you're dealing with and making sure you have the head space to really be giving them the thought and consideration you'd like, too.

The joke of being a showrunner is that people ask how you get it all done, and you don't. The list of things I don't get done in a given day is longer than the list of things I do. And one of the things that's first to go is watching dailies.

I don't strive for balance. I just try to get through my to-do list, with my kids' homework being at the top of it, and then try to prepare for the next audition or whatever scene I'm shooting next. Balance.

Running all my different companies has turned out to be a lot easier because I mediate twice a day and go to yoga every day.

How am I supposed to be a mom to two kids, a wife and do a show every night? It's impossible!

I feel like I'm at a level in my business where I've established myself as a professional. And the one thing I haven't managed to do is find a way to achieve a better balance.

I think my biggest career mistake has been taking on too much. And I think this is kind of - I think it's related to the Internet world, where you're always multitasking and you have a million windows open and you feel like you can do a lot at the same time.