we were just waiting for you to arrive, to cast you in the next big movie. like, it does not work that way. and i was like, 0k, all right, this is what it's going to take. i kicked off my shoes, i got rid of my entourage, i would go into meetings by myself, i would introduce myself, i would take my show reel, i would say, this is the work i have done, this is the work i am willing to do. i worked with acting coaches, i worked with dialect coaches, did auditions, got rejected, cried, went back for another one. you know, i did the hustle that i needed to do to make it in any new industry but i had to let go of what i thought were my achievements just because i wanted to penetrate a new industry. you have accomplished many firsts for south asians. you were the first south asian lead actor for a network tv programme, you have been the first south asian, i think, on multiple international magazine covers. now the work that is coming your way, is there a reflection in that, that south asians will be accepted as actors playing whatever role