Vivek
Oberoi
in
his
recent
interview
with
a
leading
tabloid
spoke
at
length
about
his
journey
in
Bollywood
and
said
that
while
he
may
have
made
mistakes
in
the
past
and
taken
wrong
turns
in
his
career,
he
doesn't
regret
anything.
The
Saathiya
actor
quoted
as
saying,
"Regret
is
not
the
word
I
would
choose.
I
believe
you
regret
when
you
are
not
happy
where
they
got
you.
If
you
take
a
wrong
turn,
and
it
is
a
bumpy
road
and
you
land
at
a
place
where
there
is
nothing
but
scenic
beauty
around
you.
Then
you
thank
that
bumpy
road.
I
am
in
that
space
where
every
single
part
of
my
journey,
I
treasure
and
I
smile
about
it
and
laugh
about
it."
Vivek
who
made
his
debut
in
the
film
industry
with
Ram
Gopal
Varma's
2002
film
Company
went
on
to
call
Bollywood
an
exclusive
club
where
surnames
matter
more
than
talent.
He
said,
"As
far
as
practical
aspects
of
it,
being
....(sounds
funny
when
I
say
it)
being
a
senior
who
has
been
around
for
20
years,
I
do
feel
we
have
missed
a
trick
or
two.
One
big
complaint
that
I
have
against
my
industry
is
that
we
haven't
developed
the
nursery
that
nurtures
young
talent.
It
is
difficult.
We
made
it
into
this
exclusive
club
where
it
is
either
surname
or
who
you
know
or
which
lobby
or
which
darbar
you
do
a
salaam
at...
that
matters,
not
your
talent.
That's
unfortunate."
Calling
Bollywood
an
'exclusive
club',
he
added,
"For
any
industry
to
thrive,
for
any
industry
to
grow,
you
need
fresh
ideas,
you
need
people
coming
in
and
you
need
to
be
a
welcoming
space
and
not
a
space
that
goes
on
(to
say),
'Listen
this
is
an
exclusive
club,
and
unless
you
have
the
right
surname
or
the
right
contact,
you
are
not
in.
That,
to
me,
is
unfortunate.
I
love
that
the
OTT
is
playing
the
part
of
that
nursery
where
we
are
discovering
and
nurturing
stars
as
we
watch
content
online.
We
watch
The
Scam
1992
and
Pratik
Gandhi
becomes
a
star.
That
gives
me
great
joy."
Talking
about
how
he
attempts
to
bring
in
fresh
talent,
support
new
actors
and
remove
any
kind
of
hierarchical
structure
in
films,
Vivek
revealed
that
when
he
did
Inside
Edge,
he
requested
the
producers
to
put
Richa
Chadha's
name
above
him
despite
being
her
senior
in
the
industry.
"I
celebrate
all
my
women
colleagues,
I
celebrate
Richa
as
a
great
actor
and
I
am
fortunate
to
have
worked
with
her.
That
equanimity,
that
sense
of
doing
away
with
all
hierarchical
structures
and
just
being
creative
people
having
fun
on
sets,
is
what
should
drive
it," the
tabloid
quoted
him
as
saying.
The
actor
further
said
that
the
idea
of
stardom
doesn't
fascinate
him
and
added,
"I
wanted
to
be
an
actor.
To
me,
stardom
is
not
exciting.
Just
the
process
of
acting
and
enjoying
that.
Being
in
that
moment
of
creation,
that
is
what
drives
me
-
that
purity
of
creation
is
what
is
exciting."
Vivek
recently
starred
in
the
web
series
Inside
Edge
3
which
is
currently
streaming
on
Amazon
Prime.