Barun Sobti Quotes

You don't really have time to watch TV if you work on TV.

I absolutely love television, and I don't mean to be vulgar, but as I keep having to explain to people from the movie industry, I get more power and more money doing television, so why on earth would I do a film?

In fact, I had a series of offers which would have brought me a lot of money to make films and package TV programs. There were people who said to me, we'll put a million dollars in your bank account tomorrow, which is a hard thing to turn down.

I started feeling it was wrong to withhold my music for money - as strange as that might sound!

Obviously there's something very seductive about movies, which can be attractive in a bad way if you're doing them for the wrong reasons - for money, or for fame.

I have no interest in changing Hollywood. Hollywood is a place so consumed by the spirit of the world that I don't even want to try to think about how to infiltrate that.

Even actresses that you really admire, like Reese Witherspoon, you think, 'Another romantic comedy?' You see her in something like 'Walk the Line' and think, 'God, you're so great!' And then you think, 'Why is she doing these stupid romantic comedies?' But of course, it's for money and status.

In television you go in with this operating system that it is a crapshoot.

I had a great time on News Radio, I got to make tons of money in relative obscurity and learn a lot about the TV biz and work on my standup act constantly. It was a dream gig.

I'll get to make a lot of money and do some bad sitcoms.

I developed the pilot for 'Entertainment Tonight' with Jack Haley, Jr. and Al Masini, who became my business partner in 'Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous,' 'Runaway' and several other shows and specials.

I'm sort of murdered for selling books. The idea is, if you make money your work can't be literary.

Everybody wanted me to be rich and famous on my art. And I said no to all the commercials and all the seedy offers.

A big endorsement deal would be awesome.

I just don't want to do a movie because it paid me a lot of money.

If I'd just been interested in record sales, I would have taken one of the deals I was offered after 'Soapstar Superstar,' made a quick covers album and probably had some success for five minutes. I decided that wasn't for me.

I honestly feel like we never had a bad episode by TV standards. Every week I felt there were so many strong components of the show, especially the writing.

I would be humiliated if I found out that anything I did actually became a commercial success.

There are a lot of movies that are unbelievable successes that I would be mortified to be a part of.

I now believe that major labels can only work with people who care more about fame and money than the quality of the art they produce.

Your friends are merely proposing to waste their good money. If I am Governor, whenever business is honest I will encourage it without a hundred thousand dollar bribe. If their business is dishonest, not all the money in Wall Street would influence my attitude toward it. Honest business needs no bribe.

The celebrity craze is a little much. But it's good for me, so you don't bite the hand that feeds you.

During the time I was Miss America, I had come to New York City because I had decided I wanted to try to get into television.

A lot of movie stars don't want to go to TV because of how hard you have to work. You have to be a soldier.

Acting has always been very boring to me. Anyone not in television to become a millionaire is a simpleton.