Quotes from Barun Sobti

If a writer is good at what he does, it's not easy to do a good job every day... To invent something new is almost an impossible task.

I think everyone is making a lot of money, whether it is the actors, the producers, or the TV channels.

Directing is a very, very difficult job.

People make a star out of actors after one or two films and keep capitalising on the same thing without having the courage of exploring the world of cinema, which has so much to offer.

Being an actor in TV or movies is different. A film or TV actor, if put in theatre, won't know certain dimensions, while a theatre actor won't know certain things when he comes before the camera. So I think a film actor can learn emoting from this theatre counterpart, while the theatre actor can learn about camera techniques from the film actor.

The working hours are easy in films, while there is always an anxiety on television. So the energies are very different.

I am a chilled-out person. But if people call me by my name, I hope they pronounce it right. I get called Baron, sometimes Varun, and my surname is often changed to Sobit.

My fans love me because I'm one of them.

If I am offered a biopic on a person people know almost everything about, what is the point doing it? A film on someone about whom very less is known is something that would interest me.

I am definitely a beach person. In fact, I am so much a beach person that my wife is allergic to beaches now.

I always feel to do mythological and horror shows you need to be terrific actors. I am not that good.

I am not easy to break through to. There is a protective shield that I have built psychologically. I am not open to everyone as I have been to ones those who have broken through me. But once you break through, I will love anything that you do.

I have passed on on a lot of roles. I purely and simply do what I like.

I am a freelance artiste.

I like to have my share of parties, but I am not the late night person. Not that we don't do parties at all, but that does not happen very frequently.

I am very bad at taking compliments. Even in school, when people told me that I look good, I could just manage an awkward thank you and a smile.

When I quit 'Iss Pyaar Ko Kyaa Naam Doon 1,' I left the show because I wanted to travel with my wife and spend time with her.

In life, I have been a very lucky person; I have had a good married life, good friends, though I am not as educated as I would have liked to be.

Everyone has a different life story. Things happen rapidly for someone, and things move slowly for others.

I don't believe in materialistic gifts and grand gestures.

As I had always said, it takes two people to work hard to create the chemistry.

People approach you for the work they have seen you do. I don't think people see me as a lover boy dancing around, so I haven't received a role of that kind. I'm going to do roles that appeal to me.

I was watching 'Heroine,' and I really liked Kareena Kapoor a lot!

Hiding my age won't make me younger. It would be stupid to not accept the fact.