Quotes from Shah Rukh Khan

I don't kiss on screen. Period.

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.

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.

Everyone has their own way of expressing happiness.

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'm an actor, I'm not a politician.

I talk to Allah, I pray to him.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

My favorite dish is tandoori chicken.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

When I think back on it, of course I got lucky and got great directors and good breaks but all that was the physical part. But what made me a star was that I could take a chance and not have anything to worry about in terms of losing.

Walk on with hope in your heart, and you'll never walk alone

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

I'm too shy to do kissing scenes.