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137 Great Quotes By Shah Rukh Khan, The Man Who Has Quite The Way With Words

Famous As: Film actor
Born On: November 2, 1965
Born In: New Delhi, India
Founder / Co Founder: Dreamz Unlimited, Red Chillies Entertainment
Age: 57 Years

Shah Rukh Khan is an Indian actor, television personality, and film producer. Also known as ‘King Khan,’ ‘SRK,’ and ‘Baadshah,’ he has been a part of more than eighty Hindi films. He has bagged in a number of awards and accolades for his phenomenal performances, including a ‘Padma Shri,’ fourteen ‘Filmfare Awards,’ besides the ‘Legion of Honour,’ and the ‘Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.’ Some of his notable works include ‘Baazigar,’ ‘Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayengy,’ ‘Darr,’ ‘Chak De! India,’ ‘Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham,’ ‘Dil To Pagal Hai,’ ‘Anjaam,’ and ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai.' Here is a collection of quotes by Shah Rukh Khan which have been gathered from his movies, interviews, dialogues, and tweets. Read through his quotes on cinema, hard-work, feelings, wit, winning, women, dreams, movies, ambition, inspiration, creativity, life, stress, and more.

I cannot repay my fans for what they have done for me, they have given me so much love and that love has taken me to the number 1 position where I am today, the only thing I can do for my fans is to never stop workingю

I cannot repay my fans for what they have done for me, they have given me so much love and that love has taken me to the number 1 position where I am today, the only thing I can do for my fans is to never stop workingю

Shah Rukh Khan
I bring excitement on the sets. I'm an exciting actor, overrated, exaggerated. But I'm not an unexciting actor. I excite people. I never lose hope. If I feel that a film is going wrong somewhere, I do even better.

I bring excitement on the sets. I'm an exciting actor, overrated, exaggerated. But I'm not an unexciting actor. I excite people. I never lose hope. If I feel that a film is going wrong somewhere, I do even better.

Shah Rukh Khan
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.

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
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 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
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.

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
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.

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
No one can have two viewpoints about terrorism. There is no religion of terrorism. I am often asked my viewpoint on this, maybe because i am very proud to be a Muslim

No one can have two viewpoints about terrorism. There is no religion of terrorism. I am often asked my viewpoint on this, maybe because i am very proud to be a Muslim

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The enigma of cinema is gone because of the focus on business. As soon as you attach numbers to a film, you limit it. Films are meant to be an escape from reality.

The enigma of cinema is gone because of the focus on business. As soon as you attach numbers to a film, you limit it. Films are meant to be an escape from reality.

Shah Rukh Khan
I am very shy. If I am flying British Airways and the airhostess asks me two questions, and I don't understand her accent - I will go hungry for the entire flight.

I am very shy. If I am flying British Airways and the airhostess asks me two questions, and I don't understand her accent - I will go hungry for the entire flight.

Shah Rukh Khan
Indian civilisation does not distinguish in terms of religion. We are an impossible achievement in the world and I'm very proud to be an Indian.

Indian civilisation does not distinguish in terms of religion. We are an impossible achievement in the world and I'm very proud to be an Indian.

Shah Rukh Khan
I can't say that only the citizens litter. I must say that I have also been wrong in doing this. We need to ban plastics and be a little careful with garbage.

I can't say that only the citizens litter. I must say that I have also been wrong in doing this. We need to ban plastics and be a little careful with garbage.

Shah Rukh Khan
If it could have happened through a film that I was associated with, it would have made be doubly proud. It makes me proud anyway. I am not disappointed.

If it could have happened through a film that I was associated with, it would have made be doubly proud. It makes me proud anyway. I am not disappointed.

Shah Rukh Khan
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.

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
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.

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
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 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
I don't drink, fight & womanise. I am not a wife beater. I don't do nude covers. I don't have a 12-inch long you know what ... I am quite boring.

I don't drink, fight & womanise. I am not a wife beater. I don't do nude covers. I don't have a 12-inch long you know what ... I am quite boring.

Shah Rukh Khan
We are not supposed to have an opinion. If we have an opinion, it has to be controversial – that is how we are always projected. It is difficult.

We are not supposed to have an opinion. If we have an opinion, it has to be controversial – that is how we are always projected. It is difficult.

Shah Rukh Khan
The illusion that you could hold to yourself the things you most want and lose the things you least wanted to keep..ıs the struggle of lıfe.

The illusion that you could hold to yourself the things you most want and lose the things you least wanted to keep..ıs the struggle of lıfe.

Shah Rukh Khan
I'd like to believe there's a little of Hitler and Napoleon in me. Even if I try, I can't be as selfless as Mahatma Gandhi and Mother Teresa.

I'd like to believe there's a little of Hitler and Napoleon in me. Even if I try, I can't be as selfless as Mahatma Gandhi and Mother Teresa.

Shah Rukh Khan
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 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
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.

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
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.

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
Recently an actor asked me to teach him how to speak fast. Wasn't I once criticised for speaking too fast? Now they're doing it my way.

Recently an actor asked me to teach him how to speak fast. Wasn't I once criticised for speaking too fast? Now they're doing it my way.

Shah Rukh Khan
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.

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

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
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.

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
Study hard. Work hard. Play harder. Don't be bound by rules, don't hurt anybody and never ever live somebody else's dream.

Study hard. Work hard. Play harder. Don't be bound by rules, don't hurt anybody and never ever live somebody else's dream.

Shah Rukh Khan
There is a fallible quality even in the greatest ones,everyone fails once in a while, be it Shah Rukh Khan or Ronaldhino

There is a fallible quality even in the greatest ones,everyone fails once in a while, be it Shah Rukh Khan or Ronaldhino

Shah Rukh Khan
If you don't like something don't do it, and if you're doing something then you better like it. It is as simple as that.

If you don't like something don't do it, and if you're doing something then you better like it. It is as simple as that.

Shah Rukh Khan
I learnt very early in life that whenever there is a choice between peace of mind and piece of ass, go for the former.

I learnt very early in life that whenever there is a choice between peace of mind and piece of ass, go for the former.

Shah Rukh Khan
Maybe the country doesn’t pray for me like they do for Sachin Tendulkar, but I know I’m on a good wicket as well.

Maybe the country doesn’t pray for me like they do for Sachin Tendulkar, but I know I’m on a good wicket as well.

Shah Rukh Khan
I don’t sit around complaining about the lack of good roles. I will play Raj 85 times and still make him different.

I don’t sit around complaining about the lack of good roles. I will play Raj 85 times and still make him different.

Shah Rukh Khan
Well Mandira, I hope not. You see, I started both their careers. And as far as i can remember, I started yours too.

Well Mandira, I hope not. You see, I started both their careers. And as far as i can remember, I started yours too.

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

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

Shah Rukh Khan
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.

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
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.

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
My biggest achievement is that I can make a lot of people smile just by my presence, even if it's a Lux ad.

My biggest achievement is that I can make a lot of people smile just by my presence, even if it's a Lux ad.

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

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
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.

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

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

Shah Rukh Khan
I am happy making the films I make and I would like the West to be impressed with what we do from India.

I am happy making the films I make and I would like the West to be impressed with what we do from India.

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

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

Shah Rukh Khan
I thank God for happiness and sadnessIf you are never sad you will never know how good happiness is

I thank God for happiness and sadnessIf you are never sad you will never know how good happiness is

Shah Rukh Khan
Yeah, I treat all my heroines like children now. I pick them up, I cuddle them, I call them baby.

Yeah, I treat all my heroines like children now. I pick them up, I cuddle them, I call them baby.

Shah Rukh Khan
Togetherness, passion, laughter, faith, trust, and jealousy are the essential ingredients of love

Togetherness, passion, laughter, faith, trust, and jealousy are the essential ingredients of love

Shah Rukh Khan
Healing doesn't mean the damage never existed. It means the damage no longer controls your life.

Healing doesn't mean the damage never existed. It means the damage no longer controls your life.

Shah Rukh Khan
Stand by what you believe in. People who mind won't matter and people who matter won't mind it

Stand by what you believe in. People who mind won't matter and people who matter won't mind it

Shah Rukh Khan
Sometimes you need to let people feel important by disliking you. It's their little happiness.

Sometimes you need to let people feel important by disliking you. It's their little happiness.

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

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

Shah Rukh Khan
Whenever you're feeling down..And I am not around let the sight of me be the reason you smile

Whenever you're feeling down..And I am not around let the sight of me be the reason you smile

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

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

Shah Rukh Khan
If you want to become something, achieve something in life, then always listen to your heart.

If you want to become something, achieve something in life, then always listen to your heart.

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

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

Shah Rukh Khan
I can still love my heroine like i did when i was 26. I can still do the same action scenes.

I can still love my heroine like i did when i was 26. I can still do the same action scenes.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Shah Rukh Khan
It's not that I wear fantastic clothes, it's just that clothes look fantastic on me.

It's not that I wear fantastic clothes, it's just that clothes look fantastic on me.

Shah Rukh Khan
It is so strange - if anyone takes my name, I have the ability to make them famous.

It is so strange - if anyone takes my name, I have the ability to make them famous.

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

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

Shah Rukh Khan
Live, laugh, love, every day to it's fullest, for who knows, tomorrow, may not be.

Live, laugh, love, every day to it's fullest, for who knows, tomorrow, may not be.

Shah Rukh Khan
I work like a retailer. I sell my services, take my money and keep it in the bank.

I work like a retailer. I sell my services, take my money and keep it in the bank.

Shah Rukh Khan
It's okay to be confused. Confusion is the route to all the clarity in the world.

It's okay to be confused. Confusion is the route to all the clarity in the world.

Shah Rukh Khan
The dreams I chased took me on a journey,a journey more rewarding than the goals

The dreams I chased took me on a journey,a journey more rewarding than the goals

Shah Rukh Khan
I can fight with all actors, I can face them and win, but I cannot fight aliens.

I can fight with all actors, I can face them and win, but I cannot fight aliens.

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

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

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Im running in a race and people are on the other track, I'm running with myself

Im running in a race and people are on the other track, I'm running with myself

Shah Rukh Khan
Films are an art form which are sold after packaging in this commercial world

Films are an art form which are sold after packaging in this commercial world

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I`d rather sink trying to be different, than stay afloat like everyone else.

I`d rather sink trying to be different, than stay afloat like everyone else.

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

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

Shah Rukh Khan
I am like a Rolls- Royce. I can run without an engine, purely on reputation

I am like a Rolls- Royce. I can run without an engine, purely on reputation

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

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

Shah Rukh Khan
I Came To Mumbai With Just Rs. 1,500 ... My Mother Gave Me Before She Died

I Came To Mumbai With Just Rs. 1,500 ... My Mother Gave Me Before She Died

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I am not someone who believes to doing a film just because it is off beat.

I am not someone who believes to doing a film just because it is off beat.

Shah Rukh Khan
When I asked Imran Khan for an autograph he picked up his bat to hit me.

When I asked Imran Khan for an autograph he picked up his bat to hit me.

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

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

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Yes it's going really well. We are planning on having a baby together.

Yes it's going really well. We are planning on having a baby together.

Shah Rukh Khan
If you ask that question again ma'am, I will have to ask you your age

If you ask that question again ma'am, I will have to ask you your age

Shah Rukh Khan
Live now, live today - don't be bound by rules, live your own dream.

Live now, live today - don't be bound by rules, live your own dream.

Shah Rukh Khan
If you like me, raise your hand. If you don't, raise your standards

If you like me, raise your hand. If you don't, raise your standards

Shah Rukh Khan
Even though I am fantastic looking, I am still quite intelligent.

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

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

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

Shah Rukh Khan
When will you start asking different questions? Better questions?

When will you start asking different questions? Better questions?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Shah Rukh Khan
It's easy to be ignorant but it's very intricate to be aware.

It's easy to be ignorant but it's very intricate to be aware.

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

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

Shah Rukh Khan
It is not special to be special, it's special to be ordinary

It is not special to be special, it's special to be ordinary

Shah Rukh Khan
I trust two people, myself and the other is not you, its God

I trust two people, myself and the other is not you, its God

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

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

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

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

Shah Rukh Khan
More than an actor, I am a performer. I'm a great believer

More than an actor, I am a performer. I'm a great believer

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

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

Shah Rukh Khan
I would tell the world that Shahrukh is the better actor

I would tell the world that Shahrukh is the better actor

Shah Rukh Khan
The collar-bone is my favourite part of the human body.

The collar-bone is my favourite part of the human body.

Shah Rukh Khan
Sex is not required to sell my film. My name is enough.

Sex is not required to sell my film. My name is enough.

Shah Rukh Khan
You can love me or hate me but.. you can’t ignore me

You can love me or hate me but.. you can’t ignore me

Shah Rukh Khan
Life begins when we decide it's going to begin for us.

Life begins when we decide it's going to begin for us.

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

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

Shah Rukh Khan
I don’t make my kids say  I’m their favorite star.

I don’t make my kids say I’m their favorite star.

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

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

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