Amit Sadh

I had a troubled childhood, a troubled adulthood but now I am totally healed. I am lucky that there are people around me to support.

When you are watching a show on a streaming channel, the effect is immediate. It affects your psyche and the relationship that you share with a character on screen is much deeper and intense.

Unfortunately in Bollywood, if your film is a flop, your acting is considered flop too.

I don't want anyone's endorsement. If the public likes my work, they will support me.

I have immense confidence in myself. I consider myself lucky that I have had a slow journey and there have been ups and downs in it.

With 'Breathe', the whole team feels lucky and blessed that our hard work has created a story which people are connecting with.

Before 'Kai Po Che', I used to go for auditions in the hope that I will get work and should be able to pay my monthly house rent of 20,000 in 4 Bungalows, Andheri, Mumbai.

I got a lot of praise and attention post 'Kai Po Che' but I was thrown into a big ocean suddenly.

Yes, there was a time when I failed to understand the system. I would go for auditions, but I wouldn't get any parts. I wondered why this was happening.

I went for a six-month trip around the world on a shoestring budget.

I take things as they come. I don't have a special someone in my life because I am not the kind of man most women prefer. If I ever fall for a woman, it will happen at the right time.

Actors should stop complaining about nepotism. I am uneducated - I was asked to leave school in Class 11. I came to Mumbai with only Rs 300, yet there is no one in this industry who has not been nice to me. From filmmakers who have given me work to people who have given me advice, I feel blessed to have them in my life.

I think it is a sign of strength when you admit you are wrong, weak or failing.

I don't like to call anybody a celebrity because I don't like the term and it feels so wrong.

Very early in my life, I realised that it is okay getting rejected. Sometimes, we take rejection too personally.

What is rejection? Rejection is something that you try and you don't get.

Destiny never changes with money, but sometimes it turns by meeting good people too.

I am a huge fan of Leonardo DiCaprio and Matthew McConaughey.

I do not shy away from accepting that I had a troubled past, but in the journey of coming out of that dark phase, I understand humans better. I am less judgmental and more compassionate. I learned empathy and forgiveness, and that gives me confidence as a person.