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Aamir Khan is an Indian film actor, producer, and social activist. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest actors of Indian cinema. Khan has received numerous awards throughout his career, including four National Film Awards and numerous Filmfare Awards.

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“Shammiji is said to be India's answer to Elvis Presley, but I say that Elvis Presley is America's answer to Shammi Kapoor. The mark of a good actor is the belief with which he gives a shot and Shammiji gave his each shot with a strong belief and that makes him a great actor of all times.”

Giving Said America Actors Belief Strong Answers Shots India Mark All Time Good Actors Great Actors

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“Indian film awards lack credibility.”

Film Indian Awards Credibility

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“I would love to work with Salman. We have a great tuning so if we work together, it will be great fun. But till the time we don't get a good script, a script that excites both of us, we can't work together.”

Ifs Together Fun Scripts Working Together Tuning

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“Mammootty sir is an idol for me.. His uniqueness in developing characters is quite amazing”

Character Developing Idols Uniqueness

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“Badminton is like ballet dancing. It requires a lot of control, strength, mind play and measured movement”

Mind Play Movement Dancing Ballet Ballet Dancing Badminton

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“If a script has that affect on me during a reading, then it is definitely a film I want to be part of.”

Ifs Want Film Reading Scripts

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“Losing someone we love, or the fear of losing someone we love one day is a difficult experience and we can all relate to it. None of us are an exception to this reality.”

Reality Difficult One Day Losing Relate Exception Losing Someone Difficult Experiences

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“When you work with a good actor, there is this natural rapport and chemistry that develops over time. That chemistry helps your characters come alive and makes the story of the film that much more convincing.”

Character Helping Stories Film Actors Natural Alive Chemistry Convincing Good Actors Rapport

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“If a film has a social message, it is very important for me to know what the message is and how it's going to be delivered, but it's not something I look for all the time.”

Ifs Knows Looks Important Film Social Messages

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“The rule I have when choosing films is the excitement factor, I need to feel excited about the story and whatever message the film has - only then do I sign on the dotted line.”

Needs Feels Stories Film Lines Messages Excited Factors Excitement

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“I don't do films because they tell a particular kind of story, I do films with stories that touch me.”

Kind Stories Film Particular Touch Me

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“I do not believe that I am a perfectionist one bit. I truly believe that perfection is something that no one can achieve.”

Believe Bits Achieve Perfection Perfectionist

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“I am very passionate about being an actor, and I allow my passion to find its outlet in the work I do. I don't believe that it can be called perfection. It is true that when I am intensely passionate about my films, which I am, I don't leave any stone unturned and I put every ounce of my energy into that project.”

Believe Film Passion Actors Energy Projects Stones Perfection Don't Believe Passionate Outlets My Passion

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“Filmmaking is a creative process so there is a lot of collaboration that happens on set between an actor and director, but at the end of the day, we're there to actualize the director's vision and things happen organically.”

Ends Happens Actors Process Vision Creative Directors Things Happen The End Of The Day Collaboration Creative Process Filmmaking

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“The truth is that no matter how many retakes you do, each will be different and that is the nature of any creative medium. There's no such thing as perfection.”

Different Matter Creative Truth Is Perfection Mediums

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“Box office figures are not something that can decide the success of a film on its own, but they are one of the many yardsticks that help me measure how well a film has been received.”

Wells Has Beens Helping Film Figures Office Boxes Help Me Box Office Yardsticks

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“To be quite honest, numbers don't tell you everything because audience reactions differ. Some of the biggest films at the box office are not necessarily films that everyone has loved, they just opened to a good response.”

Film Numbers Audience Honest Office Response Boxes Reactions Box Office

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“The true marker of success is when the creative minds behind a film can sit down and feel that they have succeeded in the mission they set out to accomplish - and that is to make good cinema. If we feel that we have achieved that as a team, then we have all been successful.”

Ifs Feels Mind Film Behinds Creative Successful Team Down And Accomplish Missions Cinema Markers Creative Mind

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“A film just doesn't involve actors, a director and a producer, there is also the cameraman, the sound engineer, the music composer, the lyric writer. So many people come together to make a film. When we all feel satisfied with the film that we have created it's a win for all of us.”

People Feels Together Film Actors Winning Sound Directors Satisfied Producers Composer Engineers Cameraman

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“I am raising my voice as a citizen of the country. I don?t want to enter politics.”

Want Country Voice Citizens

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

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

People Has Beens Walks Journey Achievement Meetings Walks Of Life

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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.”

Giving Film Importance Unsuccessful

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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.”

Knows Film Mistake Careers Successful My Mistakes

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“I Am More Spiritual Than Religious; Besides I Am Not A Fanatic”

Spiritual Religious Fanatics

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“I enjoy thelove I receive from my fans and my audience. But I think I know what is realfor me and what is not.”

Thinking Knows Enjoy Audience Fans

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“Our society covers these problems with a veil. All I want is an open discussion”

Want Problem Discussion Our Society Veils

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“I personally feel that I should support people who are doing good work and people should also support such good work.”

People Feels Should Support Good Work Doing Good

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“I do what I feel is right. I do not fear to walk on a new path and take risk.”

Feels Walks Path Risk Do Not Fear New Paths

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“Apart from the National Film Awards, I don't see any other award ceremony that I should give value to. My personal experience about these award ceremonies is that I don't trust them. I have no faith in them so I would prefer to stay away.”

Giving Should Film Values Awards Ceremony Don't Trust Personal Experiences Award Ceremonies

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“Education is education, be it verbal or written.”

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“If there is Katrina Kaif in any film, the movie is a hit”

Ifs Film Katrina

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About the Author

Born: March 14, 1965
Known for: Film actor
Quotes: 32

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