Shah Quotes

God has become a generic term like `mind blowing.` It is embarrassing. I would have said that to Amitabh Bachchan, Naseeruddin Shah, Nana Patekar. I used to tell them I want to stand in the same space as you. I`ve told Kamal Haasan, I just want to touch you. They are the gods of acting. When people call me God, I say, no, I`m still an angel or saint of acting. I still have a long way to go.

On Replacing Aishwarya Rai in Chalte Chalte (2003): As a matter of fact, and I have said this before, I was the original choice for this role. Shah Rukh spoke to me about the film during Asoka. I didn`t have dates, so Ash replaced me. When she couldn`t do the film for whatever reason, Shah Rukh asked me to do it. I love Aamir and Shah Rukh in a different way. When Shah Rukh asks, I can`t say no.

It didn`t take long for the world to realize that the Shah was an enlightened liberal next to the bloody reactionary regime that followed, and which executed more people in three months than the Shah had done in 30 years.

Key has had a shoulder operation and Shah has a knee injury which didn`t look too serious at first but a closer look has shown it is a far more serious.