"That if you want to be famous, you take your dad's name. And I said the only persons I don't want to be famous by taking my name are [Aryan, his son] and [Suhana, his daughter]. Let the rest of the world do that."

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

"Successful people do things, and get over with it, and leave others to live their life off it. I DO them. And then I leave it to others to live their life off it."

"As long as the women I’m romancing are happy with me doing it then I’ll carry on."

"Hero is a misnomer. India is the only place left in the world where we call our stars heroes and heroines."

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

"Actually another thing that keeps me going in the industry is trying to do a film that impresses [his kids]."

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

"I don’t sit down with the scripts. As long as I like the people I’m working with that’s enough for me."

"I’m completely ordinary."

"Making a movie has to be artistic. You have to look back and say, ‘I did this because I had fun.’"

"When I get up in the morning and have to go to work and jump off things that may be quite dangerous, the payback isn’t the bigger car, but it’s that someone somewhere will smile a lot."

"I would want my children to grow up and do what they wish to in a field that they choose to step in. They should not have to use the shadow of their father’s name. I think that is a bit of a downer for a movie star’s children."

"I never yell at kids. I just hug them hard and threaten them not to do something again. I would never be aggressive with a woman or a little child. I would rather die before I raise hand on a little kid or a lady."

"It makes it easier to get happiness. I do believe in a material world to a certain extent. I think material happiness is quite an important step before you look for spiritual happiness. There are people who think the other way round. They might also be right. But in the kind of education and the world where I have grown up, and we all are growing up, a certain level of consumerism become a reality. (as an answer to the question: Do you think that money can buy happiness?)"

"Recently somebody asked me if I’m still in touch with my feminine side. They ask me why did I do the Lux ad and things like that. I think there is a feminine side to me, as people like to assume."

"It has varied. I don’t know if it’s good or bad but a dear friend of mine Aziz (Mirza) asked me not to do Don. I was also told to cut my hair and to change my name because someone said that there couldn’t be a movie star by the name of Shah Rukh Khan. (when asked the worst piece of professional advice that someone has given him)"

"On some rare occasions I do go to cinema theatres abroad. But if you really ask me I would rather watch a film on DVD all alone in the dark environs of my car or my home."

"There is no alternative to work. I find nothing nicer than working. MK tells me that I am a workaholic. If I don’t work I get a headache and I feel depressed. I like to work round the clock all the time."

"You never win the silver. You only lose the gold."

"Often I don't say hello to people for fear that they may not remember me."

"If you get bored with the person you married for love, there's something wrong with you - not with that person."

"I think if you take sexuality very seriously it becomes very oily."

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

"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 not confident unless I am playing someone else."

"Don't be negative. It shows on your face."

"I am like a Rolls Royce which can run without an engine, just on reputation."

"Money is a good thing to run after. It is very important to be financially stable but you have to keep your wrongs and rights in mind. Don't shy away from earning but without selling your soul."

"My family likes me as a person and not because I am an actor. I never mix the two. I don't know how much I earn or how many awards I have received."

"I am where I never thought I would be. I got much more than what I had expected. I am strong believer in God, hard work and honesty."

"My strength to work in such situations comes from my family and people who love to watch me."

"I believe the show must go on."