Simple desires

Lessons I’ve learnt

Shahrukh Khan, Actor

• The grass always seems greener on the other side. I have the same simple desires that any man on the street has.
  
• I want to be happy, I want to be with my kids and I want to continue doing good work.
  
• I have little desires like not getting stuck in traffic while commuting to work, going back to a happy family, watching TV, and going to sleep.
  
• I want to go on a holiday, now and then. My desires genuinely don't go beyond that. 
  
• The only difference between me and any other person is that when I go on a holiday, I have to take my bodyguards along and I have to stay in a hotel which is more exclusive than a regular one, though I don't like the expenses."
  
• These people say good things about me because they like me. I think the philosophy of acting is about giving, giving an expression, giving a take etc.
  
• Stealing a scene doesn't work. Personally, I have my share of insecurities which any normal person does.
  
• But as far as my stardom is concerned, I am completely secure. I have been here for too long.
  
• The first few years I might have been worried, but now with the kind of acceptance that I have got, I can't expect more!"

—After Hours Correspondent