Shah Rukh Khan Quotes

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

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

“Everyone has their own way of expressing happiness.”

“I don't kiss on screen. Period.”

“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 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.”

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

“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.”

“I think love can happen at any age... it has no age.”

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

“I'm an actor, I'm not a politician.”

“I'm too shy to do kissing scenes.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

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

“The only time I don't work is when I am asleep.”

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

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