Quotes By Shahrukh Khan

The line between what I really am, and what I am on reel, is slowly diminishing.

I've won many awards and I want more. If you want to call it hunger then I'm hungry for awards.

I'm an actor, I'm not a politician.

Whenever I start feeling too arrogant about myself, I always take a trip to the U.S. The immigration guys kick the star out of my stardom.

People talk about Bollywood being very kitsch, and just songs and dances, and over the top and colorful.

Success is not a good teacher, failure makes you humble.

It is stupid on my part to think of banning the media.

You know, I think we Indians are afraid to show and celebrate our happiness, lest things change around. But I feel that it's okay to be sad and okay to show when you are happy.

I want people to know that movie stars live a normal, middle-class life.

Youngsters are the most discerning audience. They want entertainment, they want issues.

My life may seem glamorous from the outside but off screen it's as ordinary as anyone else's.

I don't like the trappings of stardom. I wear the shoes and the Dolce & Gabbana, because I'm told to. But I'm not trapped by it.

I don't teach my children what is Hindu and what is Muslim.

I know it's very idealistic and utopian, but I believe we need to just let everyone not be judged in terms of religion, groups or nations or region.

I am like a kid. I tell my family and friends I'm like a kid.

I have never claimed to do the right kind of things and make politically correct statements.

I have no self-centeredness or ego about being a movie star.

I am very clear that when I work with a director what he or she says is the last word.

There is no right time and right place for love... it can happen any time.

Whether people like it or not, my marketing thought is if you keep something in front of people for too long, they get used to it.

I truly believe my job is to make sure people smile.

I love being recognized, I love people liking me, I love the fact that people scream when I go out. I think I'll miss all that when it's taken away.

Everyone has their own way of expressing happiness.

I don't really have much to prove. I can easily go in a comfort zone, make two films a year, hype them because I've signed them as a star, make them cheap and they will be big hits.

There's a whole form of literature in India which talks about the quest for the perfect man by a woman, where every woman looks for a perfect man but only ends up with half that.

More than an actor, I am a performer... I'm a great believer - honestly so, shamelessly so, vulgarly so - that cinema is for entertainment. If you want to send messages, there's the postal service.

I think the way the audience takes the Indian film-star is a little different from the way the audience takes the Western star there. We are considered like demi-gods here, and the reason is not because we are better or good, but because there is no other mode of entertainment in India.

Cinema in India is like brushing your teeth in the morning. You can't escape it.

Yes I have made a lot of money and I have a lot of respect, my films have done well, and I know there are loads of loads of people who look up to me and really love me. I really just thought this is like a strange dream. I have never thought this is a success - I don't have a standard.

I do have a close circle of friends and I am very fortunate to have them as friends. I feel very close to them I think friends are everything in life after your family. You come across lots of people all the time but you only make very few friends and you have to be true to them otherwise what's the point in life?