Shah Rukh Khan Quotes

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

- Shah Rukh Khan

Success, Teacher, Humble, Failure

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

Own, Need, Built, Vehicles

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

Entertainment, Than, Believer

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

Need, Everyone, Very, Idealistic

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

- Shah Rukh Khan

Stupid, Think, Part, Banning

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

Skin, Banana, Anybody, Slips

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

Big, Year, Prove, Hype

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

- Shah Rukh Khan

Never, Politically Correct, Right Kind

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

Trapped, Like, Wear, Trappings

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

More, Inability, Acceptable, Rigorous

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

- Shah Rukh Khan

Over, Very, About, Kitsch

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

- Shah Rukh Khan

Cinema, Teeth, Like, Brushing

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

- Shah Rukh Khan

Love, Right Place, Happen, Right Time

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

- Shah Rukh Khan

Work, I Am, Only, Only Time

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

- Shah Rukh Khan

Reason, Star, Films, Politically Incorrect

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

Why, Some, Red Wine, Wine

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

Reason, Here, Other, Indian

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

Wife, Lie, Could, Learnt

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

- Shah Rukh Khan

Love, Stories, Awful Lot, Love Stories

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

- Shah Rukh Khan

Children, Teach, Muslim, Hindu

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

- Shah Rukh Khan

I Am, Line, Diminishing, Between

I have no self-centeredness or ego about being a movie star.

- Shah Rukh Khan

Star, Movie, About, Movie Star

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

Girl, Having, Then, Gay

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

- Shah Rukh Khan

I Am, Kid, Like, Family And Friends

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

- Shah Rukh Khan

Amazing, Concerned, Public, As Far As

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

Thought, Used, Like, Front

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

- Shah Rukh Khan

Stress, Believe, Film, Plus

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

Woman, Which, Half, Perfect Man

I'm too shy to do kissing scenes.

- Shah Rukh Khan

Shy, Scenes, Too, Kissing

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

Feel, I Think, Very, Close

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

Go, Saint, Still, Long Way

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

Love, Think, I Think, Liking

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

Immigration, Star, Always, Stardom

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

- Shah Rukh Khan

Fact, Find, Very, Cinema

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

Think, Okay, Lest Things, Lest

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

Want, More, Then, Hunger

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

- Shah Rukh Khan

I Am, Still, Though, Fantastic

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

- Shah Rukh Khan

Audience, Most, Discerning

Everyone has their own way of expressing happiness.

- Shah Rukh Khan

Happiness, Own, Everyone, Expressing

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

Mental, Couch, Part, Fries

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

- Shah Rukh Khan

Always, Fail, Dad, Toy

I don't kiss on screen. Period.

- Shah Rukh Khan

Screen, Period, Kiss

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

Doing, Big, Rooms, Hotel

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

- Shah Rukh Khan

Normal, Movie, Middle-Class, Movie Stars

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

- Shah Rukh Khan

Success, Failure, Part, Permanent

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

- Shah Rukh Khan

My Life, May, Screen, Outside

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

- Shah Rukh Khan

Work, Last, Very, He Or She

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

- Shah Rukh Khan

Entertainment, Films, Looked, India

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

Lucky, I Think, Directors, Physical

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

Love, Doing, Think, Us

My favorite dish is tandoori chicken.

- Shah Rukh Khan

Chicken, Favorite, Dish

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

Love, Thought, Standard, Loads

I talk to Allah, I pray to him.

- Shah Rukh Khan

Him, Allah, Pray, Talk

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

- Shah Rukh Khan

Believe, Sure, Truly, Job

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

- Shah Rukh Khan

Mumbai, More, Here, Lived

I'm an actor, I'm not a politician.

- Shah Rukh Khan

Actor, Politician

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

- Shah Rukh Khan

Sure, Very, Everyone Else, Honest

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

- Shah Rukh Khan

Me, Personal, Star, Actor

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

- Shah Rukh Khan

Love, Think, I Think, Happen

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