As the son of legends Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan had a lot of pressure when he first ventured into acting. Abhishek Bachchan has had a rocky start in Bollywood and has been unable to replicate his parents’ legacy. In a recent chat, he revealed that he had almost quit acting, but Amitabh Bachchan’s advice kept him going. Abhishek Bachchan was asked about the time he nearly quit acting. “I have been in such situations. At the start of my career, I was going through a very rocky time with my films. No matter what I was trying, I wasn’t able to achieve whatever I wanted to achieve and match the standards that I had set for myself,” he told Nayandeep Rakshit. It was Amitabh Bachchan’s wise words that helped Abhishek. “I remember going to my father one night and saying that I have made a mistake and no matter what I am trying, it is not working. Maybe this is the way of the world telling me that this is not for you. He was amazing. He said, ‘I am telling you as an actor and not your father, you have a long way to go, you are nowhere near the finished product but you are improving with every film. Just keep working and you will get there’. And, as I was walking out of the room, he said that I did not bring you up to be a quiter, so keep fighting. That meant a lot,” he shared. Abhishek continued, “With time, you learn a lot and experience teaches you so much. If you look at it, we all are fighting a losing battle. At the end of the day, none of us is getting out of this gig alive. You will fail, you just have to fail forward. Failure is an integral step to success. Without failure, there’s never going to be success. That’s the way I have looked at it. It’s like life, you breathe in, you have to breathe out as well. You are only answerable to your 8-year-old and 80-year-old selves.” Abhishek Bachchan mentioned that his family and loved ones support him through his tough times. He said, “It happens every day. It starts with your parents. They are protective about you, so that instinct may sometimes get them to be a bit negative, but they will always support and believe in you.” “As a parent, if my daughter comes up to me today and I wouldn’t be sure about something she wants to do, but if I see conviction in her belief, then that gives me conviction to say that she is going to be able to do it, because she is not going to give up,” he concluded.