One time I nearly experienced failure was when I was acting in 'Hum Aapke Hain Kaun' in 1994. One day, I woke up and found that part of my face was paralysed.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
When I started out I was a failed actor.
I lived with this tremendous fear of failure because my father was a playwright and a director, and I think he did a couple of things as a child as an actor as well, and he... he failed, basically.
I think the periods of being unsuccessful have made me a better actor.
I've always had to have some kind of failure before I was successful.
I was never a struggling actor, for which I feel very blessed.
So many times in my life, people have tried to make me a failure.
I know it wouldn't seem like I've had a lot of failure in my career, but there are things that I regard as failures, when I look at certain performances and go, 'That's not good enough.'
Even as far back as when I started acting at 14, I know I've never considered failure.
Failure happens all the time. It happens every day in practice. What makes you better is how you react to it.
I was brought up to believe that there is no such thing as failure as long as I'm trying my best. So I've had a 'blood, guts and glory' approach through my whole life.