“I am pretty happy with myself. I am not saying I am flawless, but I am content with the way I am.”
― Barun Sobti
“Everyone has a different life story. Things happen rapidly for someone, and things move slowly for others.”
― Barun Sobti
“For me, it is important to pick up characters which I can relate to. Or I recall an incident in my life or tap into my innermost emotions and try to bring that reality on to the screen.”
― Barun Sobti
“I believe social media gives away a lot to people. I got this impression long time back when my friend was on Twitter, and he got trolled because he posted his opinion about something. He was very upset about it, as he didn’t expect that people will reply in such a nasty way.”
― Barun Sobti
“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.”
― Barun Sobti
“The cute thing about being in a relationship is that you always miss being around your partner. After marriage, the good part is that you’ve got them forever. You have everything you wanted, and there’s nothing more to achieve.”
― Barun Sobti
“What I like about Calcutta is the food. I like simple Bengali food like dal, shukto, fish, and mutton.”
― Barun Sobti
“You can’t change what time has in store for you, as the only constant that I’ve known is change.”
― Barun Sobti
“As an actor, I think the experience and the portrayal of the character is exactly the same. It doesn’t make any difference what camera is capturing it. You have to do it with the same passion.”
― Barun Sobti
“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.”
― Barun Sobti
“People are usually scared of me because of the arrogant character I play. They stare at me with fear that I might just scold them and often run away from me.”
― Barun Sobti
“I think it is important not to scream from the rooftops to make yourself heard, I want my work to do the talking for me.”
― Barun Sobti
“Everyone wants to relive their life once again, but if I had the chance, I would do it in the exact same fashion.”
― Barun Sobti
“I am a freelance artiste.”
― Barun Sobti
“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.”
― Barun Sobti
“For me, as an actor, the challenge is mostly before the film starts when you have to get into the psychology of the character.”
― Barun Sobti
“I personally think that people should spend more time and money on their marriages instead of weddings.”
― Barun Sobti
“Since the day I got married, I never got to plan my birthday.”
― Barun Sobti
“My mom was practically in the vice principal’s office all the time! Now I really feel sorry that my mom had to go through such embarrassment, but I was never a harmful person.”
― Barun Sobti
“I have passed on on a lot of roles. I purely and simply do what I like.”
― Barun Sobti
“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.”
― Barun Sobti
“I am not the kind of person who makes his bread and butter on how hyped I am. I am an actor, and I do my job.”
― Barun Sobti
“I have always believed in the fact that it’s your work that is going to figure out things for you. As long as you are true to your work, I think you are gonna be fine.”
― Barun Sobti
“Hiding my age won’t make me younger. It would be stupid to not accept the fact.”
― Barun Sobti
“Birthdays, for me, are not really important. It is just like any other day.”
― Barun Sobti
“My wife and I love to travel, so if we don’t have work on either her or my birthday, we definitely travel.”
― Barun Sobti
“I am definitely a beach person. In fact, I am so much a beach person that my wife is allergic to beaches now.”
― Barun Sobti
“The content has to be good; medium doesn’t matter to me.”
― Barun Sobti
“No one actually knows how popular you are or how people think of you until and unless a few of the people who like your work walk up to you and let you know that you are really good. You can see the honesty in their eyes.”
― Barun Sobti
“I am such a shy guy.”
― Barun Sobti
“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.”
― Barun Sobti
“I loved the Yashraj shows ‘Powder’ and ‘Shaadi.com.’”
― Barun Sobti
“The transition from TV to films wasn’t overwhelming, since an actor’s ultimate job is to act.”
― Barun Sobti
“While you can be trained and groomed to be a better actor, seasoning happens only to TV actors. TV actors shoot every day, and that makes a difference to the project. They are hard-working, but that’s not taking anything away from the film actors.”
― Barun Sobti
“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.”
― Barun Sobti
“I am very far away from being angry. I really don’t get angry most of the time. I am a patient person.”
― Barun Sobti
“I believe that being honest to oneself and one’s work is all that matters.”
― Barun Sobti
“I signed ‘Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon’ only for a year. But the producer requested me to stay on, as the show had just started to make money. I carried on, and in the process, the character became very popular. When I finally gave up, changing the actor for that character was difficult, so the show ended.”
― Barun Sobti
“I am not a judgemental kind of person.”
― Barun Sobti
“I spent my childhood in Delhi. I have met my wife here. I spent my life here with my parents and sister. It’s been beautiful. But I have very fond memories.”
― Barun Sobti
“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.”
― Barun Sobti
“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.”
― Barun Sobti
“I like to keep my birthday very relaxed.”
― Barun Sobti
“I always wanted to learn how to play the guitar.”
― Barun Sobti
“I want to see better quality of comedy on TV.”
― Barun Sobti
“I think everyone is making a lot of money, whether it is the actors, the producers, or the TV channels.”
― Barun Sobti
“I believe that everyone has a right to have an opinion about things or people, and fortunately, I have been lucky to have heard usually good things about myself. However, I must admit that people can be quite critical about your role also.”
― Barun Sobti
“I’m an actor, and it is not for me but for the writer to offer the best role to me. For me, essaying that role to the best of my ability is more important.”
― Barun Sobti
“I have played both serious as well as lighter characters, also, and have been satisfied with both types.”
― Barun Sobti
“I have been blessed with good genes, and that’s why, irrespective of how much I eat, I still retain my lean look.”
― Barun Sobti
“I find it so weird when the media calls me ‘small screen super star.’ I don’t think I’m one!”
― Barun Sobti
“My fans love me because I’m one of them.”
― Barun Sobti
“My take is that every character requires a different character to be cast.”
― 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.”
― Barun Sobti
“Limited series ensure that we maintain the quality of the writing on the sets.”
― Barun Sobti
“I am an emotional person.”
― Barun Sobti
“I don’t want to miss out on the good stuff. As long as the character is good and the show is good, the medium does not matter to me. There are a few makers that I have an enormous trust in and that I know will do an amazing job.”
― Barun Sobti
“A lot of amazing films are happening, a lot amazing TV shows are happening, and people are not afraid to pick actors instead of stars.”
― Barun Sobti
“My conscience won’t allow me to do films I thought were bad but were going to make money.”
― Barun Sobti
“I have never hidden my marital status.”
― Barun Sobti
“My wife knows that I love her too much, so she is fine with the intimate scenes I do. She also knows that only if my role justifies such a scene will I do it. She understands my work as an actor.”
― Barun Sobti
“I love my house and stay back home when I get time off shoots. I hardly party. I am not 19 anymore.”
― Barun Sobti
“I didn’t leave TV for films; I left it due to health issues. I wasn’t keeping well, and I was losing weight due to the long working hours.”
― Barun Sobti
“The working hours are easy in films, while there is always an anxiety on television. So the energies are very different.”
― Barun Sobti
“The working standards on television in our country are really bad. The sad part is that many actors take this deal because it gets them money and recognition.”
― Barun Sobti
“As I had always said, it takes two people to work hard to create the chemistry.”
― Barun Sobti
“I have been lucky to get so much love from everyone around me.”
― Barun Sobti
“Not once in my life have I done theatre. Being on stage is not my thing.”
― Barun Sobti
“I am a very simple guy. Of course, popularity matters a lot, but for me, my health and family come first.”
― Barun Sobti
“One cannot forget that show business also deals with humans. Everything is not so superficial that this is rigged or planned. Sometimes people do fall in love with each other because they spend a lot of time on the sets so much so the set becomes your first home, and your actual home becomes your second home.”
― Barun Sobti
“Directing is a very, very difficult job.”
― Barun Sobti
“With respect to keeping your sanity, the more you are dedicated to your job, the more you think about it. And there is so much to think about for the director.”
― Barun Sobti
“Plays are definitely the most difficult of them all. They are entirely a different category altogether. I don’t have the courage to try out plays.”
― Barun Sobti
“A lot of respect to people who do theatre, but I wouldn’t make a good theatre actor is what I feel.”
― Barun Sobti
“As for adjustments, I think every relationship changes every day.”
― Barun Sobti
“I don’t believe in materialistic gifts and grand gestures.”
― Barun Sobti
“I never went to college. I started working when I was 17.”
― Barun Sobti
“I was very, very naughty in school.”
― Barun Sobti
“I wouldn’t call myself a recluse, but I am quiet and reserved.”
― Barun Sobti
“I am not on social media, as I don’t feel the need to communicate with the outside world. People who matter to me are just a call away.”
― Barun Sobti
“My career choices aren’t based on the popularity of my character; I have never intended to capitalise on my fan base.”
― Barun Sobti
“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.”
― Barun Sobti
“Fans love the image that they see on-screen. They simply admire you for whatever they see on TV shows without even knowing you as a person. That’s such a pure thing. I’m thankful for the love they have showered on me.”
― Barun Sobti
“I love playing intense characters.”
― Barun Sobti
“Not comfortable doing song and dance stuff as no normal person does in his/her real life.”
― Barun Sobti
“What I have noticed is that no two places in Calcutta are alike. I like the bylanes and the old places. This city has a lot of character.”
― Barun Sobti
“I am not a party kind of a person. I like to sit down with friends with a drink and talk.”
― Barun Sobti
“I don’t read online… I need a physical book in my hand.”
― Barun Sobti
“I think there is a larger responsibility towards actors to make television what it should be in India. I would love to take on the challenge. Had it been for me, I would focus on good content.”
― Barun Sobti
“If everybody had 100% record of hits and flops, there would have been no surprises. There’s not one director with 100% success rate.”
― Barun Sobti
“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.”
― Barun Sobti
“When you have rubbish stuff coming your way, you have to let go.”
― Barun Sobti
“Whenever I don’t have anything to do, I play Candy Crush or Scrabble. We actors have time between shots, which we need to kill. And we cannot call friends or family, as you are called at a moment’s notice. So you need to do something which you can dispose of immediately when called for a shot.”
― Barun Sobti
“An actor has to act irrespective of the camera or location.”
― Barun Sobti
“I really liked Priyanka Chopra in ‘Barfi!’”
― Barun Sobti
“I was watching ‘Heroine,’ and I really liked Kareena Kapoor a lot!”
― Barun Sobti
“I am worst when it comes to social media.”
― Barun Sobti
“I always feel to do mythological and horror shows you need to be terrific actors. I am not that good.”
― Barun Sobti
“My work should speak, not being spotted on Page 3.”
― Barun Sobti
“There was a time when one couldn’t dream of being an actor if they weren’t well-connected or they weren’t a star kid.”
― Barun Sobti
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