Shah Rukh Khan Quotes & Sayings

Even though I am fantastic looking, I am still quite intelligent. — Shah Rukh Khan

I don't kiss on screen. Period. — Shah Rukh Khan

I have no self-centeredness or ego about being a movie star. — Shah Rukh Khan

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. — Shah Rukh Khan

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. — Shah Rukh Khan

I personally believe the film turns out better when shot in one short schedule, plus it doesn't stress the actors. — Shah Rukh Khan

When you make a film, if you are an insider, you're usually the last person to know that your film is not right. But when you are an outsider, you have a little more objectivity.I think a part of my success is that I am naturally objective. I am not an insider.In many ways, Anupama is the same.
Foreword, First Day First Show — Shah Rukh Khan

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. — Shah Rukh Khan

Youngsters are the most discerning audience. They want entertainment, they want issues. — Shah Rukh Khan

There's a personal me, there's an actor me and there's a star me. — Shah Rukh Khan

It is stupid on my part to think of banning the media. — Shah Rukh Khan

I talk to Allah, I pray to him. — Shah Rukh Khan

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. — Shah Rukh Khan

I'd rather sink trying to be different, than stay afloat like everyone else — Shah Rukh Khan

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. — Shah Rukh Khan

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. — Shah Rukh Khan

I didn't join films to become a great star. I wanted a change from my mother's memory. I started believing in God after my mother's death because then there is heaven and hell and I might meet her there. I think of her as a star.She is a solid point of reference in my life. And I figure if I'm in films, if I'm 70mm, it is easier for her to see me. — Shah Rukh Khan

There's no such thing as 'normal'. That's just another word for lifeless. Madness (of the particularly nice/romantic kind) is an absolute prerequisite to a happy and successful life — Shah Rukh Khan

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

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

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. — Shah Rukh Khan

I truly believe my job is to make sure people smile. — Shah Rukh Khan

If I talk to a girl, it's assumed that I'm having a scene with her. If I don't, then it's assumed that I'm gay. — Shah Rukh Khan

Success is not a good teacher, failure makes you humble. — Shah Rukh Khan

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. — Shah Rukh Khan

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. — Shah Rukh Khan

The line between what I really am, and what I am on reel, is slowly diminishing. — Shah Rukh Khan

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. — Shah Rukh Khan

As far as the public is concerned, India is amazingly secular. — Shah Rukh Khan

Everyone has their own way of expressing happiness. — Shah Rukh Khan

For someone who doesn't even like love stories, I've played an awful lot of lovers. — Shah Rukh Khan

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

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

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

My favorite dish is tandoori chicken. — Shah Rukh Khan

Whenever I fail as a father or husband ... a toy and a diamond always works. — Shah Rukh Khan

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. — Shah Rukh Khan

I have lived in Mumbai for more than 20 years, have my domicile here, my home and family here. — Shah Rukh Khan

I don't teach my children what is Hindu and what is Muslim. — Shah Rukh Khan

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. — Shah Rukh Khan

I think love can happen at any age ... it has no age. — Shah Rukh Khan

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

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

The only time I don't work is when I am asleep. — Shah Rukh Khan

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

I am like a kid. I tell my family and friends I'm like a kid. — Shah Rukh Khan

Sometimes, I feel the reason I have become a star beyond my films is that I am politically incorrect. — Shah Rukh Khan

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. — Shah Rukh Khan

There is no right time and right place for love ... it can happen any time. — Shah Rukh Khan

Success and failure are both part of life. Both are not permanent. — Shah Rukh Khan

I'm an actor, I'm not a politician. — Shah Rukh Khan

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

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. — Shah Rukh Khan

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. — Shah Rukh Khan

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. — Shah Rukh Khan

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. — Shah Rukh Khan

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. — Shah Rukh Khan

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

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

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? — Shah Rukh Khan

I'm too shy to do kissing scenes. — Shah Rukh Khan

As a matter of fact, I find the Western cinema very fantastic. — Shah Rukh Khan

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. — Shah Rukh Khan