""I remember ordering Laurie Perrier rosé champagne-just bottles of it-and feeling like a king, having a really lavish dinner with truffles on everything, and the most expensive, whatever it was,""
""I didn't do it just because I wanted to create a piece of art that no one would watch,""
""You think it's going to be the thing that satisfies you. You think: When I make it, then I'll finally wake up in the morning and there'll be butterflies and rainbows.""
""But the truth is, nothing can satisfy you and that can be a sad and a scary place to be to realize the thing that was going to give you the answer is not the thing,""
Kunal Nayyar won a breakthrough role as Rajesh Koothrappali on The Big Bang Theory at age 26 and reached $1 million per episode, becoming one of television's highest-paid actors. He celebrated that success with lavish dinners and champagne. Nayyar immigrated from India at 18 to attend college and pursue an acting career, aiming to be “the greatest.” Despite fame and wealth he experienced existential emptiness in his early 30s when success failed to satisfy. He has an estimated $45 million net worth, continued acting, authored a book, and launched ventures including Good Karma Productions and the IQ121 app. Staying motivated after reaching the top required learning new approaches to purpose and work.
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