Shah Rukh Khan

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

“I talk to Allah, I pray to him.”

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

“I've won many awards and I want more. If you want to call it hunger then I'm hungry for awards.”

“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.”

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

“I'm an actor, I'm not a politician.”

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

“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”

“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.”

“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.”

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

“My favorite dish is tandoori chicken.”

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

“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.”

“Everyone has their own way of expressing happiness.”

“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.”

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