Top 19 Shahid Kapoor Quotes

I agree when others say I am underrated as an actor… When you give super-hit films, then only you are considered as a good actor. At least, that is how it is there in our industry. I think you need to be successful to be appreciated.

As an actor, you tend to live in a really small world, which is not very healthy. It is enriching to go to new places, meet different people know and learn about things which you didn’t know about.

During my school and college days, the three Khans – Aamir, Salman and Shah Rukh – were superstars for me and will always be. Their movies were eagerly awaited every Friday.

The amount of time you invest in a film is not directly proportional to its success.

I am a good boy. Sweet. I love to chill. I have a select set of friends, am big on house music, love Goa. I don’t read much. Though that is one habit I am trying to inculcate.

Someone who‘ll bring some normalcy into my life and help me stay in touch with reality. That is something I’m curious about. There are so many actors who are married to people from non-film backgrounds, and their marriages are successful. I’m tired of dating actresses.

People may have found it difficult to approach me, and I realised it and have worked on it. I used to be socially shy. Now I have become a social animal. I go out, meet and interact with people.

When I don’t have a girlfriend, who I am answerable to, I can go out and hang with people. But whether you go for a movie with someone or a meal or a drive, it is assumed that you are dating that person.

I am very passionate about what I do; I give it 200 percent, and I don’t think it will ever change. But I’ve realised that, as an actor, you have to give it your best and let it go. That’s the most difficult journey, and it comes with time.

I am not an insecure person. For me, insecurity comes when something I do does not come across the way I thought it would. It would come if I had nothing more to say as an actor. I have a long way to go!

Now, no matter what background you come from, there is nobody in this world who can say that their life is without troubles. Everybody faces problems at some point in their life. All that matters is how you deal with it.

I’ve been sexy for a while. Ever since I crossed 30, women have started taking me seriously.

I had always told my father that before working with him in the same frame as an actor, which I was petrified to do, I wanted to learn from him, so I had pleaded with him for two years before he agreed to write and direct ‘Mausam.’ It was our dream project and a wonderful opportunity for us to work as a family.

Personally, having an eight-pack is a high, but professionally, I cannot be obsessed with it. I’m an actor, not a body builder.

My so-called ‘reservations‘ and personal comfort zones can’t define my work. That’s not being professional. I feel that even if an actor is cast for the lead role or for any other part in the film, it is his job to do the film and not create an issue.

Eventually, the most important thing is success. I want to achieve a lot of success. It doesn’t feel good when your film doesn’t do well, and yet you are appreciated… everybody should succeed.

I ideally would like to do three films every year. Every day, I pray for it. But I should like a script before I sign on a film.

Films are not mathematics – that’s the first thing you need to understand. At least, that’s how I feel. They are not words on paper. Films are made with people, with teams and with individual bundles of creativity coming together to fulfill the vision of an individual who is the director of the film.

While I believe in marriage as an institution, I am also petrified of it.