When Shah Rukh Khan said, “My life's dream is for somebody to say action and then I die”

It’s been over three decades since Shah Rukh Khan’s debut in cinema. What’s the one thing that hasn’t changed over the years? His passion for acting. The passion itself is the driving force behind King Khan’s illustrious career, and he has clearly stated that he won’t retire from it ever.

Earlier, this year, when SRK received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland, he expressed his love for acting. When he was asked if he would act forever, Shah Rukh Khan said, “Will I act forever? Yeah, till the day I die, my life's dream is for somebody to say action and then I die. They say cut, and then I don't get up. 'It's over now, please?' I say, 'No, till you all say it's okay, you all say it's okay for me. Yes, I'd love to act forever.”

He also expressed that he is not a ‘serious actor’, however, he celebrates the joys of life through his acting. “For me, if I'm able to entertain, to me to be able to create in whatever sense, not in a mad, amazing, mad scientist way. I create, just create, to share joy, to give love. Art, painting, singing, music – all of them mean the same thing to me. There is no difference. If I can entertain you for two minutes, it's love. If I can love someone for 50 years, that's entertainment. If I can entertain someone for 30 seconds, it's creative. So I find all different names for the same thing, and I really enjoy sharing this joy, making people have a feeling for an hour or so and enjoy themselves. And sometimes you miss them out. That's the only thing that makes me sad. Why did I let people down? Why couldn't I give them enough love or entertainment or creativity, or whatever the name you can,” Shah Rukh said.
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Meanwhile, on the work front, Shah Rukh Khan will be next seen in Sujoy Ghosh's film titled ‘King’.