1. I watch news shows, so I have stopped watching fiction.

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Celebrating Shah Rukh Khan: 56 wittiest quotes by the King of Bollywood

Quips, zingers, snark… Shah Rukh Khan has a way with words. On the superstar’s 56th birthday, here are some of his wittiest, funniest, and startlingly philosophical lines.

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Updated:25th Aug, 2023 at 2:36 PM

2. Don’t become a philosopher before you become rich.

3. When you get to be 50, you will know that the bulk of your regrets are from not having done what you wished to do.

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

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

6. 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.

7. (On a rumour-free career) I hide my romance in the same place as my money from the income tax.

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

9. I don't kiss on screen. Period.

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

11. Relationships kill love. Relationships have rules. And rules are misinterpreted.

12. Karan Johar: If you woke up one morning and found out that you have turned into Aamir, you would…? SRK: I would tell the world that Shah Rukh is the better actor.

13. I recently had an altercation at a cricket stadium. I would have denied it, but it’s on video.

14. (On Comparisons with Tom Cruise) That thing stuck with me. So anytime somebody asks me, I just take out that magazine and say, I am the Indian equivalent of Tom Cruise.

15. (On Donald Trump) Let me say it as politically correct way as possible. We look up to America. As Indians, we aspire to be there. But we are like okay with you. Maybe you guys deserve it.

16. (On showing his mother his first TV show) And she died the next day! So no amount of criticism about my work makes me feel bad anymore.

17. We are becoming feelingless in our search for heroes, villains and sensational stories.

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

19. When I was growing up, Muhammad Ali was my hero. I think he was a really cool guy, such a master and so artistic.

20. Forget me, look at the achievements of people like Amitabh Bachchan and Sachin Tendulkar. People are not even happy with them, so who am I?

21. There might come a time when you feel lonely. That is when your creativity will be like your best friend.

22. Making the mistake of thinking your dreams will take flight without you having to flap madly at those wings to get up into the sky, is plain silly.

23. Don’t ever treat your little insanities as if they are aberrations that ought to be hidden from the rest of the world.

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

25. Every morning I wake up and think of the same thing, that this is the first shot of my life so I better make it stick.

26. There is no such thing as normal. Normal is just another word for lifeless.

27. Art is more important than the artist. Have no attachment to your own art. It is regressive, move on.

28. There is only one religion in the world – hard work.

29. Don’t let your fears become boxes that enclose you.

30. I don’t wear my stardom like a tuxedo. I wear it like a T-shirt.

31. 1 truly believe that humanity is a lot like me. It is an ageing movie star, grappling with all the newness around itself.

32. Neither power nor poverty can make your life more magical or less torturous.

33. I even tried to get into a skin-tight superhero suit to reinvent myself I must admit I failed miserably.

34. (On internet and social media) We had expected an expansion of ideas and dreams; we had not bargained for the enclosure of judgement.

35. My father was a freedom fighter. My mother was, well, just a fighter like mothers are.

36. Question: How is your relationship with Salman going? SRK: Yes, it's going really well. We are planning on having a baby together.

37. I had been given the highest civil honour by the French government…. But much bigger than that, I got to meet Angelina Jolie for two and a half seconds.

38. In this new world, slowly, reality became virtual and virtual became real.

39. Twitter user: Sir please help me ask a girl to prom???? SRK: if I ask she won't go with you....ha ha.

40. Whenever I start feeling too arrogant about myself, I always take a trip to the US. The immigration guys kick the star out of my stardom.

41. I'm not bi-sexual. I'm tri-sexual. I try everything.

42. Question: When will you start making different movies? Better movies? SRK: When will you start asking me different questions? Better questions?

43. The only time I’m not acting is when I’m sleeping.

44. I just happened to be the right person at the right place in the right scenario at the right time.

45. The reason I am good to fans and I believe in them is because I am employed by them.

46. A moment will come when there isn’t anything that’s going right. But don’t panic. With a little embarrassment, you will survive it.

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

48. (On bringing up son Aryan) I’ve told him when he’s 3 or 4 years he can run after girls, can do drugs, have sex. It’s nice to start early, he should do everything I haven’t done.

49. Children should hear their own music, sing their own songs & believe in their own lil dreams.

50. When my team gives me a big room, I don't even know what to do with it. I sit alone and try to catch Pikachus.

51. (On early death of parents) I sometimes wonder, was it better to have lost them young and then get over it and lead life…? Or would it be like, I’m 53 now, to have been with them till now and then

52. I am an employee of the myth of Shah Rukh Khan. I work for that myth.

53. Sports teaches you how to lose and not be a loser

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

55. I think love can happen at any age... it has no age.

56. Whatever you do in life, do it like it's your first and last time, as though you will not get another chance.