Shah Rukh Khan quotes:

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?

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 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.

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

There is no right time and right place for love... it can happen any time.

Whenever I fail as a father or husband... a toy and a diamond always works.

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

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

Success is not a good teacher, failure makes you humble.

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

I am not insecure enough to count the bouquets I receive on my birthday, I don't assess my popularity by the number of magazine covers I am on, I don't get worried if my song is on the seventh position on countdown charts.

I talk to Allah, I pray to him.

Whenever you're feeling down..And I am not around let the sight of me be the reason you smile

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.

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.

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

If you like me, raise your hand. If you don't, raise your standards

Everyone has their own way of expressing happiness.

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.

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

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

Even though I am fantastic looking, I am still quite intelligent.

So I am hoping my second outing to your wonderful university turns out differently because it would be highly embarrassing if I said "good evening Yaleites" or "Yalers" or whatever you guys are called, and got stuck at... yaaaaa... that wouldn't make for much of a speech.

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

Though my wife thinks I'm mad, I know I'll drop my daughter to the parties she's invited to. I'll want her friends to say, "Wow what a handsome father you have!" When she's with her boyfriend in the backseat of our car, I'll be at the wheel, driving her around.

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.

I don't write cheques anymore because I end up signing them "with love, shan rukh"

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

Awards that ignore me are losers.

If you want to become something, achieve something in life, then always listen to your heart.

Live, laugh, love, every day to it's fullest, for who knows, tomorrow, may not be.

No - Kajol can never go anywhere. Kajol is absolutely hearts and minds and memories and silloys for ever and ever. I think if I was to, I wouldn't be exaggerating I if say in our times of film-making she's a beautiful living legend.

I would love to have MS Dhoni in KKR.

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.

Films are an art form which are sold after packaging in this commercial world

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.

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.

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 kiss on screen. Period.

I'm too shy to do kissing scenes.

Like beauty, stardom too is skin-deep.

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.

Youngsters are the most discerning audience. They want entertainment, they want issues.

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.

There's a personal me, there's an actor me and there's a star me.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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 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.

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

I truly believe my job is to make sure people smile.

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.

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.

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

I don't teach my children what is Hindu and what is Muslim.

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

My favorite dish is tandoori chicken.

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

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

As a matter of fact, I find the Western cinema very fantastic.

I am like a kid. I tell my family and friends I'm like a kid.

After I began working, I realised there's no end line. I believe that money has nothing to do with your personal success. On the face of it, I'm the biggest capitalist of all. I have all the riches. I'm the living proof of what stardom should be in material terms. But I've never sold my soul. I've not done anything which I didn't want to do. I've not done films for money. I'm not saying this with arrogance but I've never asked for a film.

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.

As for my destination, I don't think I ever knew one. I walk, I run, in the direction of my dreams. Things change along the way, people change, I change, the world changes, even my dreams change. I don't have a place to arrive, I just keep doing what I know how to do the best that I can do it. I'll probably end up a deluded geriatric in a wheelchair wearing a cape and tights, imagining my own flight out of this world, but of course with a young girl in my arms.

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

Don't become a philosopher before you become rich.

Don't let your fears become boxes that enclose you. Open them out, feel them and turn them into the greatest courage you are capable of. I promise you, nothing will go wrong. But if you live by your fears, everything that can possibly go wrong will go wrong and you won't even have done the 'Funky Chicken'.

Healing doesn't mean the damage never existed. It means the damage no longer controls your life.

I am happy making the films I make and I would like the West to be impressed with what we do from India.

I am like a Rolls- Royce. I can run without an engine, purely on reputation

I am not confident unless I am playing someone else.

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

I am very shy. If I am flying British Airways and the airhostess asks me two questions, and I don't understand her accent "? I will go hungry for the entire flight.

I Came To Mumbai With Just Rs. 1,500 ... My Mother Gave Me Before She Died

I can fight with all actors, I can face them and win, but I cannot fight aliens.

I can still love my heroine like i did when i was 26. I can still do the same action scenes..

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 working

I can't say that only the citizens litter. I must say that I have also been wrong in doing this. We need to ban plastics and be a little careful with garbage.

I do believe that an actor, who is self aware, will never do a film that is not an extension of his

I do believe that an actor, who is self aware, will never do a film that is not an extension of his personality.

I don't drink, fight & womanise. I am not a wife beater. I don't do nude covers. I don't have a 12-inch long you know what ... I am quite boring.

I don't make my kids say I'm their favorite star

I don't sit around complaining about the lack of good roles. I will play Raj 85 times and still make him different.

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 got locked.

I learnt very early in life that whenever there is a choice between peace of mind and piece of ass, go for the former.

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

I thank God for happiness and sadnessIf you are never sad you will never know how good happiness is

I trust two people, myself and the other is not you, its God

I work like a retailer. I sell my services, take my money and keep it in the bank.

I would tell the world that Shahrukh is the better actor

I`d rather sink trying to be different, than stay afloat like everyone else

I'd like to believe there's a little of Hitler and Napoleon in me. Even if I try, I can't be as selfless as Mahatma Gandhi and Mother Teresa.

If it could have happened through a film that I was associated with, it would have made be doubly proud. It makes me proud anyway. I am not disappointed.

If you ask that question again ma'am, I will have to ask you your age

If you don't like something don't do it, and if you're doing something then you better like it. It is as simple as that.

If you get bored with the person you married for love, there's something wrong with you - not with that person.

I'm not bisexual, I'm tri-sexual. I try everything

Im running in a race and people are on the other track, I'm running with myself

I'm try-sexual. I try anything that's sexual.

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

Indian civilisation does not distinguish in terms of religion. We are an impossible achievement in the world and I'm very proud to be an Indian.

It is a dichotomous time where the younger generation is perceived as free. But smoking pot is not being free. Taking drugs is not being free. I feel that being courteous and telling your dad, 'I'm going to have a drink' with your dad saying 'give me one too' is cool. That's being freer, happier and nicer. But having issues and saying that 'I am my own person, I am moving out Mom!' is not. Yes, if your mom tells you to move out then that's being free.

It is not special to be special, it's special to be ordinary

It is so strange - if anyone takes my name, I have the ability to make them famous.

It's easy to be ignorant but it's very intricate to be aware.

It's not that I wear fantastic clothes, it's just that clothes look fantastic on me.

It's OK to be confused. Confusion is the route to all the clarity in the world.

I've told Kamal Haasan, Amitabh Bachchan, Naseeruddin Shah, Nana Patekar, I just want to touch you. They are the gods of acting. 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've won many awards and I want more. If you want to call it hunger then I'm hungry for awards.

Life begins when we decide it's going to begin for us.

Live life to the fullest tomorrow may never be.

Live now, live today don't be bound by rules, live your own dream.

Maybe the country doesn't pray for me like they do for Sachin Tendulkar, but I know I'm on a good wicket as well.

More than an actor, I am a performer. I'm a great believer

My biggest achievement is that I can make a lot of people smile just by my presence, even if it's a Lux ad.