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88. Not All Feedback Is Good Feedback | Ruchi Loomba on Filmmaking, Motherhood, and Owning Your Own Path

Welcome to The Grind — a new series here on Get Messy. Nobody tells you what the middle looks like: the slow seasons, the unglamorous work, and the years it actually takes to build something that lasts. This series is for that middle, told by the people who are actually living it.

Ruchi Loomba is an actor, writer, producer, and director based in Seattle, and this conversation covers a lot of ground: juggling acting with another full-time career in healthcare, pursuing outside representation in markets like Chicago, and the two short films she's written, produced, and self-funded — including one deeply personal story about mental illness in the South Asian community. She also opens up about becoming a new mom just 11 weeks before this conversation, and what it's looked like to figure out how to make space for creativity in a completely new season of life.

We get into the damaging "this has to be your Plan A" rhetoric so many actors are raised on, why most actors don't make most of their money from acting (and why that's nothing to be ashamed of), learning to discern good feedback from bad, and the power of community — including the serendipitous referral that landed her outside representation in Chicago. Ruchi also shares what it's been like to navigate this industry as a person of color, and how that's shaped the kind of work she's chosen to create herself.

This episode is for anyone balancing a creative career with another job, another identity, or a completely new season of life, and wondering if that makes them any less of an artist.

Key Topics Discussed:

Balancing Acting with a Full-Time Career in Healthcare
Pursuing Outside Representation and the Realities of Being a "Local Hire"
Why "This Has to Be Your Plan A" Is Damaging, Limiting Advice
Learning to Discern Good Feedback from Bad
Writing, Producing, and Crowdfunding Her First Short Film
Stepping Back from Acting to Direct Her Second Film
Navigating the Industry as a Person of Color
Becoming a New Mom and Making Space for Creativity
The Power of Community and Serendipitous Connections

✨Connect with Ruchi Loomba ✨

Instagram: @ruchiloomba

Website: ruchiloomba.com

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