"I have lived in Mumbai for more than 20 years, have my domicile here, my home and family here."
"Cinema in India is like brushing your teeth in the morning. You can't escape it."
"I don't kiss on screen. Period."
"It is stupid on my part to think of banning the media."
"Whenever I fail as a father or husband... a toy and a diamond always works."
"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 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."
"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."
"There's a personal me, there's an actor me and there's a star me."
"My life may seem glamorous from the outside but off screen it's as ordinary as anyone else's."
"I want people to know that movie stars live a normal, middle-class life."
"I've won many awards and I want more. If you want to call it hunger then I'm hungry for awards."
"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."
"Even though I am fantastic looking, I am still quite intelligent."
"I don't teach my children what is Hindu and what is Muslim."
"I have never claimed to do the right kind of things and make politically correct statements."
"Sometimes, I feel the reason I have become a star beyond my films is that I am politically incorrect."
"I think love can happen at any age... it has no age."
"There is no right time and right place for love... it can happen any time."
"I am like a kid. I tell my family and friends I'm like a kid."
"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."
"Without hurting anybody, we all tend to laugh at others' discomfort. When someone slips on a banana skin and falls it's funny."
"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."
"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."
"I personally believe the film turns out better when shot in one short schedule, plus it doesn't stress the actors."
