In the world of creativity, laziness translates into an inability to be rigorous enough to create fearlessly. It makes us plagiarise or water our creativity down to make it more acceptable to the public.
— Shah Rukh Khan
The only time I don't work is when I am asleep.
For someone who doesn't even like love stories, I've played an awful lot of lovers.
I'm an actor, I'm not a politician.
I have no self-centeredness or ego about being a movie star.
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.
I'm too shy to do kissing scenes.
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.
As far as the public is concerned, India is amazingly secular.
Everyone has their own way of expressing happiness.
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 am very clear that when I work with a director what he or she says is the last word.
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 am like a kid. I tell my family and friends I'm like a kid.
Sometimes, I feel the reason I have become a star beyond my films is that I am politically incorrect.
Even though I am fantastic looking, I am still quite intelligent.
I want people to know that movie stars live a normal, middle-class life.
Laziness isn't merely a physical phenomenon,about being a couch potato,stuffing your face with fries and watching cricket all day. It's a mental thing, too, and that's the part I have never aspired for.
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.
When people call me God, I say, no, I'm still an angel or saint of acting. I still have a long way to go.
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.
I truly believe my job is to make sure people smile.
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.
Youngsters are the most discerning audience. They want entertainment, they want issues.
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.
People talk about Bollywood being very kitsch, and just songs and dances, and over the top and colorful.
Success and failure are both part of life. Both are not permanent.
My favorite dish is tandoori chicken.
I personally believe the film turns out better when shot in one short schedule, plus it doesn't stress the actors.
Without hurting anybody, we all tend to laugh at others' discomfort. When someone slips on a banana skin and falls it's funny.
There is no right time and right place for love... it can happen any time.
I have never claimed to do the right kind of things and make politically correct statements.
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.
My life may seem glamorous from the outside but off screen it's as ordinary as anyone else's.
Those who do not need to provide or have not built the vehicles of their own sustenance can afford to be less hardworking and driven than those who carry the burden of necessity.
I talk to Allah, I pray to him.
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?
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.
The line between what I really am, and what I am on reel, is slowly diminishing.
I work hard, like I'm sure everyone else does, and I'm very honest with the work I do.
When I think back on it, of course I got lucky and got great directors and good breaks but all that was the physical part. But what made me a star was that I could take a chance and not have anything to worry about in terms of losing.
As a matter of fact, I find the Western cinema very fantastic.
In India, the films are not looked upon just as entertainment. They're a way of life.
Success is not a good teacher, failure makes you humble.
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.
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.
Just be nice to me while I am doing the scene; that is all. I don't want big cars, I don't want big hotel rooms.
I think love can happen at any age... it has no age.
I don't teach my children what is Hindu and what is Muslim.
I've won many awards and I want more. If you want to call it hunger then I'm hungry for awards.
