Success is not a good teacher, failure makes you humble.
Shah Rukh Khan
Success and failure are both part of life. Both are not permanent.
Everyone has their own way of expressing happiness.
There is no right time and right place for love... it can happen any time.
I talk to Allah, I pray to him.
Even though I am fantastic looking, I am still quite intelligent.
I truly believe my job is to make sure people smile.
Whenever I fail as a father or husband... a toy and a diamond always works.
My life may seem glamorous from the outside but off screen it's as ordinary as anyone else's.
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.
The only time I don't work is when I am asleep.
Cinema in India is like brushing your teeth in the morning. You can't escape it.
I work hard, like I'm sure everyone else does, and I'm very honest with the work I do.
I think love can happen at any age... it has no age.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
The line between what I really am, and what I am on reel, is slowly diminishing.
Without hurting anybody, we all tend to laugh at others' discomfort. When someone slips on a banana skin and falls it's funny.
There's a personal me, there's an actor me and there's a star me.
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.
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.
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 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 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.
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.
I am like a kid. I tell my family and friends I'm like a kid.
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.
It is stupid on my part to think of banning the media.
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.
I have no self-centeredness or ego about being a movie star.
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 don't teach my children what is Hindu and what is Muslim.
As far as the public is concerned, India is amazingly secular.
I'm too shy to do kissing scenes.
For someone who doesn't even like love stories, I've played an awful lot of lovers.
I'm an actor, I'm not a politician.
My favorite dish is tandoori chicken.
In India, the films are not looked upon just as entertainment. They're a way of life.
I've won many awards and I want more. If you want to call it hunger then I'm hungry for awards.
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.
As a matter of fact, I find the Western cinema very fantastic.
People talk about Bollywood being very kitsch, and just songs and dances, and over the top and colorful.
I want people to know that movie stars live a normal, middle-class life.
I don't kiss on screen. Period.
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.
I personally believe the film turns out better when shot in one short schedule, plus it doesn't stress the actors.
