Barun Sobti Quotes

For me, I think you make a choice what kind of actor you want to be, and then it's kind of the material you choose.

That's all you can do as an actor - take the best thing available.

Since I don't have an image to be worried about, I am not concerned about it when it comes to selection of my roles.

You get an image in the first couple of years of your career, and then whether you like it or not, you are stuck with it for the rest of your life.

There's something important, as an actor, about allowing yourself to be approached by people to do roles. People see different things in you.

I didn't want to do film or commercials or television.

I think part of my reputation has to do with the difficult roles I've played. Actors do tend to get identified with their characters.

I hope it's not all I'll ever do, but I know I've played enigmatic characters. For me, the good characters are people who get places, are devious, are cunning and tricky and hard to pin down. Obviously, if you play one and you do an okay job of it, that'll be on people's minds.

After that, I was offered lots of lesbian roles, but I didn't want them because I'd already played the best there was.

I've always felt that almost every part I've played has been a character part. I mean, I look at it that way. I can't help how I look or how I seem to people.

There are times when I don't take roles because I don't want to be perceived a certain way.

I think I probably have a creepy kind of scary quality. Otherwise, I wouldn't get jobs. But I also think it has a little bit to do with, you've done it a couple times, and then people see you that way.

I've stayed away from sexy roles. It's never interested me.

As a professional actor, I don't have much choice about what I've gotten into. I tend to be cast in comedies and I'm fine with that.

After 'Mad Men,' I got offered various types of uptight Englishmen, which I wasn't interested in doing. I didn't want to repeat myself.

I try to bring my own style to a role, but I can't change how people think of me.

I wasn't turning down film roles, let's put it that way. I was never really on that radar.

I took parts that either I was offered or felt I could do a good job with.

You do something, like, something like 'Psych' for long enough, it's tough to shake up people's preconceptions of who you are as a performer.

I wait and see what scripts come my way and then try and make a decision within the choices that I'm offered. I see what turns up, and if it's something I'd really rather not do, or I think it's too similar to something I've just done, I'll wait and hope for something else.

I'm not running about playing romantic leads. I don't know if that's a good or a bad thing, but it's the way it's sort of working out.

If you see my filmography, I have mostly done non-glamorous roles.

A newcomer needs to be careful as to what kind of role they choose. If you choose something different, you will end up getting typecast. That's why I chose to play a character my age, to keep my options open for the future.

I have been offered roles in other things, so it's just about making sure I make my decisions wisely because I don't really want to be typecast.

I've always been selective about my roles.