Ayushmann Khurrana Quotes

Getting that debut film is definitely harder than someone who has got a known last name. I mean some star kids don't even audition.

Nepotism and outsiders are two sides of the same coin that is Bollywood. They both have to co-exist. Both have their share of struggles.

It is easier for a star kid to get noticed than for a person coming from a non-film background. That being said, I didn't get my first movie because I was Jackie Shroff's son.

It's very tough for someone who doesn't have a filmi background to get work in Bollywood. It's not a smooth ride unless you are really lucky. But I think one has to be prepared for that.

Nepotism has always existed in Bollywood.

I would gladly have accepted a heaping spoonful of nepotism when I got out of college and was looking for a job.

After getting the job at MTV, the challenge was, 'How do I start my career as a television host without people holding my dad's career over my head?' It's a very easy thing for people to look to my dad and say, 'Well, he got his job because of this.'

It is not a shocker to me that a film went out of my hands, not because I was not credible, but because I was not so-and-so's daughter or sister or dating so-and-so.

When I look at character artistes, they begin after 40. For instance, Boman Irani took up his first film after he was 40. Since I too, am in my 40s, I think I am finally getting to be in my zone.

No one is going to keep giving me work because I am Salman Khan's brother. People may give me one or two films because of Salman but no one can make my career. I have to work towards it.

There is no nepotism in the Hindi film industry.

If a father could have made his son a star, then Sunny Deol's son Karan Deol's first film 'Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas' wouldn't have been a flop.

The only privilege star kids enjoy is a good launch. That, of course, is important.

Sometimes I might get in the door a little quicker than somebody else because of my last name. But if I'm not prepared, I'm not afforded the luxury of, 'Oh, he's a little green.' It's, 'He's not talented,' where the next guy can have a bad day.

For me, it all started with 'Phoonk' around 2008 and then I landed a couple of more films and then came 'Makkhi.'

Am I the only one who exposes? Just because I don't have a godfather, or I'm not a star kid, I'm told that I expose. I don't care.

After completing my graduation, I went to Mumbai and started working as an assistant casting director. I worked on films like 'Talaash,' 'Ek Mai Aur Ekk Tu,' 'Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani' and 'Student Of The Year,' among others.

Today, most newcomers from film families are launched in outside films.

It's a long road of paying your dues. Each and every person that's in this business has to go down that road. Some people may not have to. Some people may be given that road instantly because of who they are.

I have been around for 33 years and I don't have a filmy background. I don't know if I am an insider or an outsider but I have never felt any discrimination.

At one point, you start wondering if being talented in Bollywood is enough, or you need connections.

In the industry, artists of of color struggle the most. Caucasian artists have really solidified themselves in the industry, and with African Americans now we see directors and producers who vow to only produce work that shines a light on African American artists. But everybody in the middle gets lost.

Nepotism is an overrated debate. It exists everywhere and I have been telling this from the day one.

I've been extremely lucky in that I've been able to play roles that are not defined by their ethnicity. But that's not a common thing for people of ethnic minorities.

Nepotism exists - not just in Bollywood but in every profession in India.