"“Propaganda films I am against,” Kamal Haasan said at a presser in Abu Dhabi, adding, “It’s not enough if you just write ‘true story’ at the bottom as a logo. It has to really be true, and that (the film) is not true.”"

"Here are his earlier letters to me, that I've framed. I call them ‘my degrees’."

"Ultimately, the Indian public is not fool. They can spot the difference between what is said for effect and what is done in reality. Whether it is politicians or actors or social activists, they know for sure whom to trust or not."

"If the character has the motivation to dance round trees, then I will dance round trees. If the motivation is strong enough, then I'll fly to the moon."

"Fifty three per cent children in India face sexual abuse – both boys and girls – but we still feel uncomfortable talking about it. We are still hypocrites when it comes to issues like child abuse, sex or for that matter homosexuality. It is high time that we brought the issue from under the carpet."

"When you see what goes on inside a slaughterhouse, I think you'll lose your appetite for animal flesh, too… Animals feel pain, just as people do. They value their lives, just as we value ours. They're terrified by the sights and smells of the slaughterhouse, and they fight for every last breath. I hope you'll also make the compassionate choice to go vegetarian."

"I am the kind of guy who believes that films are supposed to be entertainment. I do not subscribe much to movies that leave you with a lingering feeling, make you feel angry or depressed. I am not yet ready to make films like that. I have grown up with films that are entertaining. Since I am such a huge fan of entertainment, I believe that the films that I do should also be entertaining, people can talk about it for three days and forget about it."

"Comedy is like a sweet. On auspicious occasions and during celebrations sweets are always offered. We offer a unique flavour."

"I am the same old actor. When people question me I really look back and think but I feel people love characters like Rahul or Raj because they are different. Every role is different and I am not reinventing myself as an actor."

"The essence is that I leave something of me in every role — not 100 per cent."

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

"I believe it is my job to tell people about what the good points of either company are. I'm not lying in either case."

"If I leave Pepsi, and later Coke tells me to do something for them, I'd do it. I have no issues, whether Coke and Pepsi have different ideologies or not. See, I'm called for a job, I'd do it."

"Creativity has this problem, sometimes it'll be liked, sometimes it won't. It's unfortunate that perhaps we expected something more popular from this music, and it isn't that. See, this is very subjective. You will find enough people who like that also, I think."

"If somebody is working very hard, or deserves a lot of money, pay him upfront, say he is going to be working for so much time, he deserves it – and then put the rest of the money where it should go. But unfortunately, that sort of transparency is rarely there."

"If I'm ever asked to do something in the national interest, do a project of national relevance, it's not as if I will not charge for it, but I will ensure that what I give back is not just worth that money, but is a little more than that."

"I may say things with the right intention, but more often than not, people will misconstrue it."

"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."

"I don't think movie stars are nationally relevant – it's as simple as that."

"I like talking when people ask me sensible questions. Ask me senseless questions also, but in a context, and I can have fun, I can make you laugh at my answers."

"It takes a lot of intellect to be able to convince people to believe in fantasy – but people don't seem to be able to recognize that."

"I believe my nation is truly secular, I truly believe that."

"Films and filmmakers and actors are part of a strange art form, which is only measured by the yardstick of commerce. So it's a dichotomy; it'll always be so."

"I believe that my wife is the most beautiful woman in the world."

"Just because I am cheerful and jovial and look good, doesn’t mean that I can’t act."

"I don’t feel ill about anyone. I don’t even feel nice about anyone. I just don’t think about them. I am selfish that way. I think about myself, my films and my friends."

"See, these things like enmity and fighting... I don’t think I am at that age anymore."

"I am popular for all that I’ve done on the screen. That is why I’m never ashamed of what I’ve done in front of the camera, nor am I extra-proud of what I’ve done."

"I take care not to remind my audience that I am Shah Rukh Khan. The better thing to do is to hold a mirror for them and to tell them, ‘This is you.’"

"I am not insecure enough to count the bouquets I receive on my birthday, I don’t assess my popularity by the number of magazine covers I am on, I don’t get worried if my song is on the seventh position on countdown charts."

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

"Like beauty, stardom too is skin-deep."

"My films do well only because they are good, not because of me."

"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."

"After all, what is a film? It is selling of a dream. We have to tell lies to people, we have to sell them dreams."

"I don’t normally comment about my own films. But my judgment of films is excellent, it is better than yours."

"Rani Mukerji"

"A person must buy my film only if he feels good about it, not otherwise."

"If money-making was my aim, I could have done two ad films or shows and earned the same amount of money -- probably more -- in just two or four days."

"My biggest enemy, incidentally, is my ‘next time.’ I’m neither being immodest when I say that my next will be even better nor am I being humble when I say that this is less than what my next film will be."

"I only hope that people enjoy viewing the film I’ve enjoyed making. I don’t know whether the film we’ve made is commercial or not, whether it’s good or not, but I do know that we’ve made it honestly and that we've enjoyed making it. I just hope it has turned out to be the film we had set out to make."

"I feel very strongly about souls who are misguiding people in the name of religion."

"I don't think I've achieved superstardom. One has to achieve much more. My next level is the next shot I do. When I see some of my shots, I wonder why I did them so badly. Audiences and critics don't know about these shots. But I know. These moments remain very personal."

"I've been there, done it all. I'm very clear about my priorities as an entertainer. I want the audience to feel good when they watch me. That's what I'm paid for. Why should I sell anything else?"

"The audience's preferences for films are in black and white. They either like a film or they don't."

"I've become a free-for-all brand. I hope they come out with a rule that they can't use a person's name without paying him for it!"

"I think I invoke radical passions in people - and that is why I am such a big star!"

"Success makes people - people not related to you or to your field - like to take a dig at you."

"Sometimes I don't want to dignify things with answers. And it takes a huge amount of self-restraint, patience, control, and love for your own family, to keep quiet. And dignity, and perhaps the status that I have in the eyes of the people."