Aparshakti Khurana Quotes

The only privilege star kids enjoy is a good launch. That, of course, is important.

Acting careers don't come out fully formed - not unless your name is Jaden Smith and your dad has done it all.

Who wouldn't want to be Frank Sinatra's son?

I have never used my family name to 'cash-in.' Unfortunately, such ridiculous charges come with the territory of coming from a famous and public family.

No, I never felt cornered because I was not a big director's son or a star's son.

At one point, you start wondering if being talented in Bollywood is enough, or you need connections.

There are only advantages of being Salim Khan's son, Salman Khan's brother and coming from a known family.

For me, growing up, the downside of it was that as a kid you don't want to stand out. You don't want to have a famous father let alone get a job because of your famous father, you know? But I'm a product of nepotism. That's how I got my foot in the door, through my dad.

There's definitely a whole different vibe on the set when there's like basically royalty working with us. We could have whatever we wanted. I felt like Britney Spears.

My mother doesn't have much of a social life with other A-list people. Which in a way I'm very grateful for, because if I do make something of my career I will be able to say it wasn't because I was a Chaplin.

Just because my dad is Clint Eastwood doesn't mean I don't have to work for a living.

You don't have to have an attitude if you're famous.

I feel very strong as an individual, but as a famous footballer I know I am prone to certain things. All the media have a continuous interest for me. It varies from once a year to every day interest.

I'm no producer's kid.

I'm tired of hearing people say 'Reggie Jackson needs New York, needs the media, needs the attention.' I've always gotten it whenever I wanted it.

The reason there is no noblesse oblige about Dubya is because he doesn't admit to himself or anyone else that he owes his entire life to being named George W. Bush. He didn't just get a head start by being his father's son - it remained the single most salient fact about him for most of his life.

This guy Simon Helberg, who's in 'Florence Foster Jenkins,' I might have been vaguely patronizing to him because he hadn't done films before. Gradually, you realize, not only is the guy a much bigger star than me, he's maybe the richest man I've ever met.

There's a difference between being a star and an actor. If you feed off from being in the public eye, this is the unfortunate flipside to it.

I couldn't be a conventional commercial actor without being a star-kid. That kind of a big film needs a certain mounting, a little paraphernalia around you. And nobody would give me that.

I just don't think the title 'MJ's daughter' fits me.

Poor little Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan, or whatever her name is. It must be incredible at that age to be surrounded by people telling you you're wonderful.

A lot of people ask me if I only get all this attention because of my dad. The answer is no.

Of course nepotism exists, but if star kids are not good at what they do, they won't last.

I've certainly never used my father's name as a way of getting a meeting. And fortunately, I've never needed to.

Even if you are an established actor's son or daughter, you need to work hard.