Shahrukh Khan On Meryl Streep Speech! You Can’t Tell Me What To Say; Why Do You Want To Be A Copycat

All Of Society Needs To Be Like That

"My take is that all of society needs to be like that. Get me a top TV journalist who puts my views across as they are, without trying to add their own point of view. Then I would say something. I have said it before, and I rue the day I said it (shared my opinions.) It is about how much views are put across, which is very sad.''

You Can't Tell Me What To Say

''And then the same people ask, ‘Why doesn't Shahrukh Khan say anything?' No, I won't say anything. You say it, but you can't tell me what to say. You like Meryl Streep so much, run her tape. God bless you.'

Why Do You Want To Be A Copycat; It's Stupid

''You have Meryl Streep saying it, so why do you want someone else to say the same thing? Why do you want to be a copycat like you always have been? It's stupid."

I Think Meryl Streep Said A Wonderful Thing

"I think Meryl Streep said a wonderful thing. We all have to be like that, and I am not talking about just artistes.''

Also, whenever something happens somewhere, they are like, ‘Why isn't Shahrukh Khan commenting on it?' But I don't want to. I am an actor, main koi vocal leader thodi na hoon. So, what the lady said is marvelous. ''

In India, Everybody Has So Many Opinions

''She found a platform and she found people who appreciated what she said. In India, everybody has so many opinions that they want to pick on something others say. I think journalism in the US is different. Journalists there became stars and are now past that stage. And so did I when I was 10 years into stardom.''

Indian Journalists Are The New Stars

''I have reached a stage in life where stardom is taken for granted. Indian journalists are new stars. When they used to it (stardom), I will speak my mind, as I know that they will then - like real stars - treat it (what I say) with respect.''