Quotes By Shahrukh Khan

As far as the public is concerned, India is amazingly secular.

Some people say ,'Shah Rukh, you work so hard. Why don't you sit back with a glass of red wine or go out on the terrace for a smoke?' But that's not me.

In India, the films are not looked upon just as entertainment. They're a way of life.

I talk to Allah, I pray to him.

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.

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

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.

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?

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

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

I work hard, like I'm sure everyone else does, and I'm very honest with the work I do.

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 could lie and say my wife cooks for me, but she doesn't. My wife has never learnt cooking but she has great cooks at home.

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

I think love can happen at any age... it has no age.

Sometimes a lot of us men think we are doing everything for the woman we love, but there is an aspect of a woman a man doesn't understand.

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

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.

Success and failure are both part of life. Both are not permanent.

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.

Without hurting anybody, we all tend to laugh at others' discomfort. When someone slips on a banana skin and falls it's funny.