Srikumar Rao Quotes

Some stresses are unavoidable - it's just part of life. One of the things I do to avoid stress is not work with people that I don't really like or drive me crazy.

If there are negative people around me, I just try to distance myself from that.

I still have highs and lows, maybe I don't cry salty tears as much.

Everyone has ups and downs. You can't always get exciting roles.

You just go through highs and lows as an individual payer and as a team.

I believe I want adult sanity, which seems to me the only unalloyed form of heroism available today.

I used to be so intensely preoccupied by unhappiness... now there are times where you might get down, but you can move on much faster now.

I've felt depressed many times in my life, so I can draw on those times in my life when I need to.

I don't think I can get into my deep inner thoughts about hitting. It's like talking about religion.

Two things I do for maintenance: I get a manicure once a month, and I see my therapist about every six weeks. I am happy to report that, at this point, my nails crack more often than I do.

There are times in my life when I haven't been happy. Sometimes it's not even physical, it's something else. The key is identifying why you're unhappy and doing whatever you can to fix it in a healthy way.

So I'm not worried about the emotions I carry with me, because I'm happy that I have them; I think it's good for the work I do. The emotions that are not healthy are the ones you hold inside, like anger.

Self-reflection is so healthy. Journaling works for me - when I record the details of what I'm going through, whether it's a relationship issue or negative thoughts, I can look back and see how far I've come. It makes me proud to see my progress and how I got through a bad situation.

I had to walk away from America, and say goodbye to the biggest part of my career, because I knew otherwise my demons would get the better of me.

Every experience feeds an actor, and I've learned that depression is all around us.

At first, when I got bad press and people would talk bad about my family or something like that, I would get really upset, but now it's just not worth my energy.

It's wonderful to feel supported, but there's a lot of negative energy towards me as well. So I ignore it, to be honest. If I started to read it all it would completely mess up my head.

Every time I do an interview, it's like serious therapy. But real therapy isn't something that I'd ever have. I feel fortunate that mentally everything is functioning well.

Everybody handles things differently.

I don't think your personal life has anything to do with your professional life. They are separate things. Whatever is happening at home shouldn't be carried to work. Everyone has his/her own journey. Some revel in the fact that they derive that from personal contentment, and others draw it from extreme sorrow.

I'm a human being and every human being has problems.

I think I'm well on the way of overcoming a very big hurdle that's been in my way for several years. Which is trying to find a way to not let the insecurity of my profession get the better of me and make me crazy. I'm trying to find a way to maintain my own personal balance in the midst of everything.

According to the papers, I'm miserable, alienated, and on the brink of resignation. But that's simply not where I am.

The quality of my life has changed dramatically - not the events - but the way I handle them and my priorities and my sense of drama.

If I grew up with a dysfunctional family, I would eventually start a book club.