Arjun Kapoor: You don't become an actor if you want to be lazy.

Actor Arjun Kapoor, whose next film is "Half
Girlfriend", says laziness is not an option in
any profession " especially not when it
comes to the acting world.
Excerpts from the interview:
Q. "Half Girlfriend" is your second project
with author Chetan Bhagat. How different
was the experience as compared with "2
States"?
Chetan Bhagat is the author in both cases.
But for 2 States', he gave his consent for a
screen adaptation and when the film was
completed he was shown the end product
and asked for his opinion. That was it. In
Half Girlfriend', Chetan was part of the entire
journey of filmmaking.
Q. In what way?
He's a producer on Half Girlfriend' and was
on the sets almost every day. He was a
willing learner on the sets. I had not read
either of his novels before approaching the
films. But I got to learn a lot from the way he
had written the characters. (ALSO READ: Not
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Q. Was it sheer laziness that made you not
read the books before attacking the film
versions?
Not at all. I am subservient to my directors
and their command. For both 2 States' and
Half Girlfriend', I relied on my directors'
vision and interpretation. They never asked
me to read the books. Being lazy is not an
option in any profession. You don't become
an actor if you want to be lazy.
Q. So it wasn't laziness?
No. I've never been much a book reader. I
am more of a movie watcher since I was a
kid. Reading was never my hobby.
Q. Whom is "Half Girlfriend" aimed at?
I think Chetan Bhagat has cracked an
important audience. The college-going
youngsters for whom education and
relationships are the two pillars of existence.
Whoever hears the synopsis of Half
Girlfriend' says he has heard of people to
whom this has happened.
Q. A lot of youngsters who fail in education
and/or relationships commit suicide these
days?
It would be unfair of me to generalize on
such a sensitive issue. I wouldn't know what
levels of depression they have gone
through. I'd never think of suicide as an
option. At the same time, it would be easy
for me to judge and introspect on life and
death. One can only hope and pray that
youngsters should stop taking their lives. We
should work toward counseling the
depressed. Anyone who is depressed should
have the option to reach out to people who
can help.
Q. Shraddha Kapoor plays someone socially
superior. How did you establish that
rapport of unequals with her?
I didn't have to try much. The disparity was
evident in the writing. On my part, I didn't
spend time joking and being friendly with
Shraddha. I maintained a distance. That was
easy to do since Shraddha and I were not
the best of friends when we started
working together, although we were both
from the industry.
Q. You didn't attend her birthday parties as
a child?
Of course I did. But she's younger than me.
So we didn't grow up as part of one group
of friends or hang out together. So it was
easier for me to play this silently reverent
lover boy. I needed to have that awe of a
child towards someone he looks up to.
Around her, I was supposed to behave like a
child in candy store. Ironically she likes him
for being himself.
Q. So how do they break the ice?
Actually these two form a very unique bond
because of basketball. On the basketball
court, all the facades and pretensions
dissolve.
Q. Are you now a good basketball player?
Thanks to this film, I can hold my own on
the basketball court. I have my basketball
coaches to thank for that. Yes,before you
ask, I actually had two National Basketball
Association coaches on board.
Q. You also had a language coach to teach
you the Bihari accent?
Yes, except for a life coach, I had all other
coaches on board (laughs).

http://www.bollywoodlife.com/news-gossip/arjun-kapoor-you-dont-become-an-actor-if-you-want-to-be-lazy/.

Then why is he in the shape he is in ? Every single contemporary actor of his works out. Lazy, lazy, lazy.

If you want to be lazy become nothing

He seems to be lazy like Parineeti Chopra.

Regurgitating someone's advice for him.