While Shah Rukh Khan is admired for his wit and charm, the actor in a recent interaction revealed that he is rather shy and reserved! While he is fondly regarded as the King of romance, the actor reveals he is nothing like the characters he plays on screen.
Shah Rukh Khan revealed, "I am pathetic with relationships. I am so pathetic that I am comic. If somebody said what did you say to him or her when he or she said this, my answer would shock you. They are like 'but how could you?' and I say, 'I don’t know how else to relate to this.' I am very bad with relationships, I am awful."
He further added, "I am extremely one-sided, perhaps even selfish. Actually, I am very detached. I am demotional - emotional and detached, I don’t know how it works. I won’t be able to say anything that I’ve done in my films to a girl, or even in relationships..."
A statement that startled the audience was when Shah Rukh said, "I am extremely closeted, introverted, shy, reclusive and completely shut off about my emotions."
Further revealing that he likes to take up roles that are unlike him in real life, Shah Rukh added, "I don’t have to believe in it, I have to make you believe in it and that’s a challenge always... An actor always goes for something that he is not. It’s a vent. I want to be a Batman, a Spider-Man, a fire fighter, an evil conniving Don and I want to be the greatest lover in the world. And I am not any of these. That’s why it turns me on."
While Shah Rukh has some iconic train sequences, the most remembered one is in 'Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge', the actor doesn't endorse the same in real life. "I am not telling you to run after a train and climb it. In real life, I would stop the train, or say let’s meet at the next station. I would never do it in real life, putting my hand out, beating her would-be-husband. In Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, the girl is getting married to a guy downstairs, I walk up to her and say 'I love you'. Now that’s extremely weird!" concluded the actor.
