Bobby Deol talks about stardom, failure and acceptance

Bobby Deol, who is all set for his upcoming film ‘Animal’, recently has opened up about stardom, dealing with failures and rejection.

In an interview with Hindustan Times, the actor said that stardom does not last too long.

'Stardom doesn’t last too long. I was a star once, and it died, it vanished. No one took me seriously as an actor. I knew I had the potential, and the capabilities but nobody had given me an opportunity. I had chosen work which didn’t work for me so things went the other way around. So, I tried working on that and worked on myself as an actor,' Deol said

He added ‘I knew that, if I fall, my parents will always be the cushion. But the fall hurts no matter how much cushion they gave me. As an individual guy, I had to stand up. No one can make or break you.'

Talking about acceptance, the ‘Houseful 4’ actor said, ‘In a society everybody goes through the issue of being accepted and being understood. But human beings are selfish. There is a time when everybody wants you and there will be a time when nobody wants you. I have been through that and I gave up. I fought back and I realised that I have to make them (people) want me. How do I do that? By being a positive energy. Everyone needs to try to keep that positive energy. It is very difficult to do that. (But) I have been through it. There are weak moments in a day itself. I’m feeling absolutely happy, then during the middle of the day I feel weak and then at night, I’m happy. We all go through it.’

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