Vivek Oberoi Quotes

My bar for being successful is being able to do movies that really mean something to me and being able to make a living off of that.

I've hit a point where my big luxury is getting to work on the things I want to work on. That's my hobby. It's being able to do a movie like 'Chef,' where you don't get paid, where you get paid scale, but you get to do exactly the movie you want to do. To me, that's worth more to me than whatever money I would have gotten paid.

That's my actual payment, the fact that I can actually make something that I actually enjoy and put on repeat, and it's not related to anything else or anyone else's thoughts and ideas, it all came from me; I just love that aspect of it.

I finally got to the point where I decided I don't care if it's good art or bad art - it's what I do. I enjoy doing it, and people like it.

I don't want to be doing movies that I don't want to do. They take so much out of you.

I loved teaching. And I always used to say that acting was just something I did purely on my own terms, and that if I had to make a living from it there would be too much pressure.

I've never done anything for money. My first love is things of limited commercial appeal. I could be happy doing Shakespeare for the rest of my life.

I have never been assigned a game, I have never made a game I didn't want to make. I've never done anything just to make somebody some money.

I make music because I like making music.

I'm not a human interest story, man. I'm just a musician trying to make some small records and be happy, be peaceful.

Success is being artistically fulfilled and happy. You can't control how people see your movie or how much money it makes...and the same thing with music. When I'm writing a song or I'm in the studio, those memories, that's epic.

I feel happy that I am being honoured for doing films of my own liking.

For me, I don't feel all the pressure. I make music, and I release it because I like it myself and I want my friends to hear it from me.

At the end of the day, I just do my job. I love my art.

The emotional power of creating something... Nothing gives me as much joy as that.

Career wise, I'm looking into different opportunities to do a TV show, but in some way that's not a goal in itself. To me, the goal is creating content and doing fun stuff that I'm proud to show. I don't want to do a TV show for the sake of doing it.

After I got back my career and my artistic freedom in 1982, my golden rule is the music must never suffer.

Ultimately, I think what I want from my career is to be able to create work for myself, and there's only so much you can do as an actor in a movie.

I'm just happy I got to express who I am as an artist and touch people's hearts.

I only want to make music I like and that I can enjoy myself and be proud of.

I know what I want, and the performance side is more important than ticking the money box.

The thing is, acting is supposed to be fun - maybe not always in a way that's lighthearted, but always in a way that's satisfying.

At the end of the day, I just like to make the best music that I can make and put it out to the world and see how they respond to it.

People understand my message is positive, and at the end of the day, I'm just here to make music that I enjoy and that other people enjoy. I think that's why I have such a loyal fan base.

I'm glad I've had the comic work. I plan to do others, but I could lay it down if I had to choose. I hope I don't have to, though.