Shahrukh Khan citáty

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“I feel very strongly about souls who are misguiding people in the name of religion.”

“I am not confident unless I am playing someone else.”

“A person must buy my film only if he feels good about it, not otherwise.”

“I don’t make my kids say I’m their favorite star.”

“I am not someone who believes to doing a film just because it is off beat.”

“If money-making was my aim, I could have done two ad films or shows and earned the same amount of money -- probably more -- in just two or four days.”

“If I leave Pepsi, and later Coke tells me to do something for them, I'd do it. I have no issues, whether Coke and Pepsi have different ideologies or not. See, I'm called for a job, I'd do it.”

“I don’t feel ill about anyone. I don’t even feel nice about anyone. I just don’t think about them. I am selfish that way. I think about myself, my films and my friends.”

“[On its Oscar entry]It was very shocking for me because a movie called Black had released and I was working with Rani for a movie called Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna. It was New York, very cold, raining, and Rani came running, saying, "Shah, Shah, we got nominated, we got nominated!" And I thought she was talking about Black-and Rani's very close to me, one of my best, bestest friends- and she came and hugged me and I said congratulations because one thought she was talking about Black. Because Paheli hadn't fared very well commercially, though it was very close to my heart. Suddenly she said, "No, no, no, Paheli has won!" And everyone -Karan [Johar] was there- said, "No, no don't joke, don't hurt him like this." And we were really shocked.”

“Often I don't say hello to people for fear that they may not remember me.”

“[When speaking to Rani in a stadium”

“I believe the show must go on.”

“I believe that my wife is the most beautiful woman in the world.”

“It takes a lot of intellect to be able to convince people to believe in fantasy – but people don't seem to be able to recognize that.”

“Just because I am cheerful and jovial and look good, doesn’t mean that I can’t act.”

“I am like a Rolls Royce which can run without an engine, just on reputation.”

“Creativity has this problem, sometimes it'll be liked, sometimes it won't. It's unfortunate that perhaps we expected something more popular from this music, and it isn't that. See, this is very subjective. You will find enough people who like that also, I think.”

“I take care not to remind my audience that I am Shah Rukh Khan. The better thing to do is to hold a mirror for them and to tell them, ‘This is you.”

“Sometimes I don't want to dignify things with answers. And it takes a huge amount of self-restraint, patience, control, and love for your own family, to keep quiet. And dignity, and perhaps the status that I have in the eyes of the people.”

“Making a movie has to be artistic. You have to look back and say, ‘I did this because I had fun.”

“See, these things like enmity and fighting… I don’t think I am at that age anymore.”

“The essence is that I leave something of me in every role — not 100 per cent.”

“We are not supposed to have an opinion. If we have an opinion, it has to be controversial – that is how we are always projected. It is difficult.”

“Don't be negative. It shows on your face.”

“I don’t sit down with the scripts. As long as I like the people I’m working with that’s enough for me.”

“Actually another thing that keeps me going in the industry is trying to do a film that impresses”

“Money is a good thing to run after. It is very important to be financially stable but you have to keep your wrongs and rights in mind. Don't shy away from earning but without selling your soul.”

“I bring excitement on the sets. I’m an exciting actor, overrated, exaggerated. But I’m not an unexciting actor. I excite people. I never lose hope. If I feel that a film is going wrong somewhere, I do even better.”

“I don't think movie stars are nationally relevant – it's as simple as that.”