“There are people who want awards because it changes the perception of the audience. But I’m not into all that.”

If I ever have a child. Insh’allah I will. I wish it’s a girl. I want a girl child.

Sometimes I feel I hope I am not taking advantage of my stardom.

If I ever have a child. Insh’allah I will. I wish it’s a girl. I want a girl child.

All fashion brands are about looking good. Being Human is also about doing good. And you can do good by the simple act of slipping into a t-shirt or a pair of jeans.

I’m not possessive, I’m caring. Once you realize a person doesn’t want that much care, you automatically back off.

Turn your nightmares into your dreams , some dreams don’t turn out the way you want them to , then wake up and turn and turn it around in your favour.

I am not born to just become an actor.

If the film is a hit then everyone shares the success. If it is going to be a disaster then it might as well be because of me, not because of somebody else.

Don’t throw out buzz words without really knowing what is going on behind it.

For me acting, comes straight from the heart. In that sense I don’t act at all. I think that to feel the character’s pain I have to be myself. Somewhere audiences see that.

Shah Rukh is not my girlfriend that I should remember him. When I don’t remember my past girlfriends, what will I remember Shah Rukh for?

Why should I marry? One marries to have children, but I already have children! My nieces and nephews are my children.

Have you seen a duck gliding smoothly on water? Does it ever look like it is paddling furiously underneath the surface? I don’t have to show that I am working very hard.

A lion runs the fastest when he is hungry.

Any film is about heroism: the triumph of good over evil. If you look back at my films, you will see that as a recurring theme.

Now at 47, 48 I am expected to do ten times better work that I did when I was 24.

We need to try to unite audiences, unite countries, join musical tastes, unite people.

There are some shows that you wish you could walk and be in the audience for at the same time.

My father is a Baptist minister and my parents encouraged my music, always having me sing in front of an audience.

Social media is kind of the same across the board, so you just have to know how to engage your audience, and you will be popular on any platform that comes up.

I work hard for the audience. It’s entertainment. I don’t need validation.

I enjoy singing music with my audience.

Words have a magical power. They can bring either the greatest happiness or deepest despair; they can transfer knowledge from teacher to student; words enable the orator to sway his audience and dictate its decisions.

I enjoy it when it’s over! I enjoy whatever success we have. If an audience finds it funny, then it’s been worth it.