It is so strange - if anyone takes my name, I have the ability to make them famous.
It is stupid on my part to think of banning the media.
Youngsters are the most discerning audience. They want entertainment, they want issues.
Sex is not required to sell my film. My name is enough.
I am happy making the films I make and I would like the West to be impressed with what we do from India.
I've won many awards and I want more. If you want to call it hunger then I'm hungry for awards.
Yeah, I treat all my heroines like children now. I pick them up, I cuddle them, I call them baby.
I have lived in Mumbai for more than 20 years, have my domicile here, my home and family here.
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.
As a person, I am still very middle class. People don’t realise these things. Most of the black suits that I wear are the same. All the designer clothes I have are actually from my films. I don’t dream of Rolls Royce and things like that… People are kind enough to me to give me the nicest things in life, but it doesn’t mean that I’m used to them.
Like beauty, stardom too is skin-deep.
I have memories of being in Yale five years ago. It was December and so damn cold that while professing love to my leading lady and singing a Bollywood ditty which went something like this, Kabhie alvida na kehna – my mouth froze itself to death. I say death because as I inched closer to kiss her, mouthing the words kabhi alvida na… my mouth and jaw just locked.
When I asked Imran Khan for an autograph he picked up his bat to hit me.
Well Mandira, I hope not. You see, I started both their careers. And as far as i can remember, I started yours too.
I would love to have MS Dhoni in KKR.
Cinema in India is like brushing your teeth in the morning. You can't escape it.
I cannot repay my fans for what they have done for me, they have given me so much love and that love has taken me to the number 1 position where I am today, the only thing I can do for my fans is to never stop workingю
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.
As an actor you're only supposed to be a lover. I am a romantic hero though I don't like that tag. With all the hardships, problems, illness, goodness, badness, awards and money... an actor will always be a lover. And a lover makes mistakes. You'll be silly, nonsensical and stupid.
Even though I am fantastic looking, I am still quite intelligent.
One thing I teach my children and want everyone to know that even if you happen to be on a pedestal you should have the capacity to turn around and say, 'I don't know'. We are scared to go wrong. Downfall is part of life.
My favorite dish is tandoori chicken.
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 would want my children to grow up and do what they wish to in a field that they choose to step in. They should not have to use the shadow of their father's name. I think that is a bit of a downer for a movie star's children.
There's a personal me, there's an actor me and there's a star me.
