Dino Morea recalls knocking on doors for work, reveals he took up small jobs to stay afloat

Dino Morea had an amazing debut and he was one of the highly sought-after actors in the 2000s. The model-actor suddenly fizzled out and even though fans wanted to see him more, he was just seen in small roles and appeared in events. With the emergence of OTT, we are seeing so much more of the actor. We saw him in Tandav and now in Empire. Now, in a recent interview, he opened up about knocking on doors for good offers and taking up small jobs to sustain himself.

Talking to HT, Dino Morea revealed that he had to say no to so many projects because the offers were bad. He said, “It was a really tough time because you are getting further away from the industry. People are saying ‘out of sight, out of mind’ and you, as an actor, are thinking, ‘Will I even get an offer again?’ A lot of insecurities set in but you just have to be positive, you have to work on yourself and be ready that in the eventuality that an offer comes your way, you can just smash it and do really well.”

He also said that he had to knock on the doors of makers for exciting offers and added, “I went and knocked on doors and I said, ‘Hey, I want to work, I am still here, I exist’, but unfortunately, nothing great came my way.” He then took up small jobs and said, "My small jobs were basically...cut a ribbon somewhere or fly to be a judge in some pageant in Darjeeling. It was those small kinds of jobs which sort of kept me going and I am thankful for people to even notice me."

However, now times have changed for him and he says now offers are raining. Well, we are so happy to have him back too.