Maitreyi Ramakrishnan Opens Up About The ‘Anxieties’ Of Finding Her Next Gig After ‘Never Have I Ever’

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Maitreyi Ramakrishnan is trying not to stress about the future. In a new interview with ELLE Canada, the “Never Have I Ever” star opens up about the pressure of having to find her next gig with her breakout Netflix series now ended. READ MORE: Maitreyi Ramakrishnan Wants To Manifest A Role In A Greta Gerwig Film The Canadian actress has particularly felt that pressure while on hitting the red carpet and press cycle for the show’s fourth and final season, where she is frequently asked what’s next. “It’s just like: ‘Oh, you’ve done nothing all this time?

What have you been doing—just sitting on your ass?’” Ramakrishnan says. “I was going through all these anxieties.” Now 21-years-old, the Mississauga native recalls that one of the first pieces of advice she got after landing “Never Have I Ever” was to always jump into new things, no matter what, otherwise she will be forgotten. “What the f**k is this to say to a 17-year-old?” Ramakrishnan says, looking back. “That’s insane.

You don’t say that to an adult, let alone a child. That is very toxic.” ‌Instead, she’s been living with another piece of advice she got from casting directors when the series wrapped up. “First of all, [they said that] the projects will come,” she says. “There are a million reasons why projects don’t work out.

And that’s okay. It’s not anything personal. It’ll happen on its own time. [They told me that] I’m talented and I need to recognize and see myself how everyone else sees me, because if I don’t see it, then I’m doing myself a disservice.” READ MORE: ‘Never Have I Ever’: Maitreyi Ramakrishnan On ‘Sweet’ Final Season And Emotional Last Day On Set The advice they gave her was to focus on living her life and having real experiences, which