In
the
last
few
months,
there
has
been
a
growing
debate
on
nepotism
and
insider
vs
outsider
in
the
film
industry.
Amid
this,
critically
acclaimed
and
National
Award-winning
actor
Manoj
Bajpayee
says
he
chooses
to
be
on
the
"fringe" of
the
film
industry.
In
an
interaction
with
Hindustan
Times,
the
Sonchiriya
actor
said
that
he
doesn't
have
been
problem
about
being
an
outsider
in
Bollywood.
Explaining
the
reason
behind
the
same,
Manoj
said
that
being
an
insider
means
looking
for
validation,
and
he
isn't
interested
in
anybody's
validation
or
approval.
The
leading
daily
quoted
Manoj
Bajpayee
as
saying,
"Being
an
insider
means
looking
for
validation,
I
am
not
interested
in
anybody's
validation
or
approval,
the
only
person
who
does
that
is
me.
I
am
the
biggest
critic
of
myself,
and
only
I
know
what
I
want
to
do
with
myself.
When
you
are
on
the
fringe,
there
is
a
lot
of
liberation
and
freedom
you
feel.
I
have
never
complained,
I
am
still
there
and
will
always
be.
Being
an
insider
means
too
many
things
I
either
don't
agree
with,
or
don't
have
the
time
to
indulge
in."
The
actor
joked
that
he
would
write
a
book
on
this
topic
some
day.
Manoj
was
quoted
as
saying,
"The
biggest
outsider
examples
are
Akshay
kumar
and
Shah
Rukh
Khan,
those
are
the
people
who
were
outsiders
and
became
insiders.
I
have
been
an
outsider,
and
I
love
to
be
that
in
the
industry."
Further,
talking
about
why
he
doesn't
mind
being
an
outsider
in
the
film
industry,
he
said,
"I
will
still
keep
doing
my
work
the
way
I
want
to
do
it,
I
don't
have
any
problem
in
being
an
outsider,
because
it
gives
me
a
lot
of
freedom
to
do
what
I
want
to,
as
there
is
no
expectation
from
you,
be
at
the
box
office,
awards."
On
being
asked
if
he
ever
felt
like
quitting
when
the
journey
got
tough
and
if
he
had
any
back
up
plan
if
acting
didn't
work
out,
the
actor
replied
in
negative.
He
told
the
leading
daily,
"One
thing
was
sure,
I
was
not
going
to
go
back,
and
not
going
to
change
my
profession.
I
was
very
sure,
that
if
I
have
to
do
a
street
play
on
some
nukkad,
I
will
still
be
an
actor.
The
madness
or
passion
was
about
the
craft,
it
was
never
about
a
Mercedes
car
or
an
apartment.
Everything
that
I
have
earned
was
not
planned,
nor
it
existed
in
my
mind,
it
was
all
a
by
product.
Today,
if
I
get
the
money
I
ask
for,
it's
not
that
I
worked
for
it,
I
worked
simply
to
be
known
as
the
actor
that
I
am."
Speaking
about
work,
Manoj
Bajpayee
will
be
next
seen
in
Amazon
Prime's
The
Family
Man
2.