Kareena Kapoor Khan Quotes

What good are fans? You can't eat applause for breakfast. You can't sleep with it.

I suppose when I started out I would have liked to have been the darling of critics or something, but everybody wants to be loved and admired.

Fortunately, I got critic and audience acceptance much earlier than industry acceptance.

I've received a lot of compliments. People come right up to me on the street. They recognize me.

It is a good thing to happen to you, to have that taste of fame because then you don't hanker for it.

I don't care what other critics say, I only hope to be played.

Hollywood has given me a great, warm hug.

Applause waits on success.

I got to do the movie, and people who enjoyed 'The Birdcage' came out to see me on stage when I did 'Forum.' It introduced me to a whole new audience that wasn't familiar with my stage work.

Obviously the first roles that you're proud of are the ones that everybody else liked too.

Anybody who says that having the public recognize them and relate to the work they do is irritating should get into another line of work. You're in this business for people to know what you do and like it.

For people to keep saying, 'We want to see more of this guy, even though the shows have not always been out-of-the-box successes,' is a huge compliment to me.

When the whole 'Saw' thing died down, I feel like I had praise withdrawals. I had never been congratulated so much on something in my life. So, it was a really amazing whirlwind when 'Saw' came out.

I had one girl tell me last night that I'm the greatest thing ever, that she wants to aspire to be me. Just stuff like, 'You're my idol. I love you.' It's awesome. It's what it's all about.

I went from playing for nobody and having awkward experiences at award shows to now being all over the place playing sold-out shows for people who know all of the words.

I realize I lack popular recognition.

It is nice to have a lot of people watch your work but I really have thought of it as not the goal of my career but a bonus in my career.

There is no bigger certificate than audience appreciation.

The thing I crave for the most is appreciation for my acting.

Popularity? It's glory's small change.

When I was singing, everybody liked me.

Acclaim is a distraction.

Becoming famous and selling a lot of records doesn't change a thing.

When people are running up to me in the grocery store screaming, 'Oh my God! Oh my God!' that's when I know I'm swervin'. As long as people are recognizing you and you matter to them, then you're doing something right.

I had no idea how big the show was at the time we were doing it because I was always working.