Aamir Khan Quotes

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Aamir Khan

Profession : Actor

Birth : March 14, 1965

The journey that I have undertaken, meeting people from all walks of life and learning from them, has been my biggest achievement.

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If 10 people see my movie and all ten really love it, then that means a lot to me, rather than ten million people go and see it and most of them hate it.

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As an actor, the best way I can hope to promote greater social understanding is through my work. If I can communicate with people and touch their hearts through 'Dangal,' perhaps, eventually, I can help change their minds.

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I feel that, in India, we have films that have tackled various issues over the years, but perhaps one of the issues that we've tackled less is the issue of caste-ism. That's an issue we've more or less stayed away from... although we touched on it briefly in some films like 'Lagaan.'

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For me, the driving emotion of selecting a film is that I just love that story. It may give a message, it may not give a message - that's fine. I just loved it.

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I am not a perfectionist. Perfection doesn't exist in real life. It's a wrong title for me.

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Essentially, it is the director who is the creative head of a film. The final authority on all decisions lies with the director. That is how it should be. And then other team members can give their creative inputs.

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I don't see myself as an activist. I understand that people, with me doing 'Satyameva Jayate,' for example, they will feel that I'm being an activist, but I'm not. Actually, I'm not, because I think an activist, as I see it, as a person who is very, very - takes up one issue and remains with that one issue for his entire life. I'm not doing that.

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My films are so new and unique that I don't know where I will end up. Fear keeps me alert. And it's also a part of an excitement.

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I understand that I'm able to connect with people; I have an emotional bonding with people. My strength lies in my ability to tell stories and to touch people's hearts and to move them.

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When I was new, I didn't know where my career will go. Initially, my films were not even successful, but then I learned a lot from my mistakes.

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Our choices are quite different: what attracts Salman and Shah Rukh are, I think, quite different from what attracts me. So in that sense, we are quite different, but I think we are fortunate to have had the kind of success that we've had.

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For me, acting is not a job. It is something I love. I don't do these things for awards or rewards. I do them because I love challenges.

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When I prepare for a role, I try to get inside the character's head and understand him.

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If the role is challenging enough, I don't see why I shouldn't play an older man or a father figure. It is not about playing what you are in real life. We are called actors for a reason!

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There must be a story within him/her that wants to come out. That's the reason why 'Dil Chahta Hai,' 'Lagaan,' and 'Rang De Basanti' worked so well: Ashutosh, Farhan, and Rakesh had a story inside them. It's very important that the director should have the fire in the belly to tell the story.

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I am happy that I have entertained people and made them happy.

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I have had unsuccessful films, but I learned a lot from those films. I give my failures as much importance as my success.

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I don't believe in strategies. I love what I am doing; that's the main thing.

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The way actors interact with their audience via Twitter is a part of their personality. So if I interact less, that is a part of my personality. I am mostly lost in my own world.

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