"Success is not a good teacher, failure makes you humble."
"Success is not a good teacher, failure makes you humble."
"Success and failure are both part of life. Both are not permanent."
"Everyone has their own way of expressing happiness."
"I work hard, like I'm sure everyone else does, and I'm very honest with the work I do."
"There is no right time and right place for love... it can happen any time."
"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."
"The only time I don't work is when I am asleep."
"I truly believe my job is to make sure people smile."
"I think love can happen at any age... it has no age."
"I have no self-centeredness or ego about being a movie star."
"As far as the public is concerned, India is amazingly secular."
"Even though I am fantastic looking, I am still quite intelligent."
"I have never claimed to do the right kind of things and make politically correct statements."
"Youngsters are the most discerning audience. They want entertainment, they want issues."
"I am very clear that when I work with a director what he or she says is the last word."
"In India, the films are not looked upon just as entertainment. They're a way of life."
"For someone who doesn't even like love stories, I've played an awful lot of lovers."
"Cinema in India is like brushing your teeth in the morning. You can't escape it."
"The line between what I really am, and what I am on reel, is slowly diminishing."
"Whenever I fail as a father or husband... a toy and a diamond always works."
"There's a personal me, there's an actor me and there's a star me."
"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."
My life may seem glamorous from the outside but off screen it's as ordinary as anyone else's.
I have lived in Mumbai for more than 20 years, have my domicile here, my home and family here.
I've won many awards and I want more. If you want to call it hunger then I'm hungry for awards.
Sometimes, I feel the reason I have become a star beyond my films is that I am politically incorrect.
People talk about Bollywood being very kitsch, and just songs and dances, and over the top and colorful.
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.
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.
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 personally believe the film turns out better when shot in one short schedule, plus it doesn't stress the actors.
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.
Without hurting anybody, we all tend to laugh at others' discomfort. When someone slips on a banana skin and falls it's funny.
I don't like the trappings of stardom. I wear the shoes and the Dolce and 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.
It is stupid on my part to think of banning the media.
I don't teach my children what is Hindu and what is Muslim.
I am like a kid. I tell my family and friends I'm like a kid.
As a matter of fact, I find the Western cinema very fantastic.
I want people to know that movie stars live a normal, middle-class life.
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.
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.