SRK on Fans [Stardom & Popularity]
It's Sunday today. There must be a lot of people in front of SRK's house. This is regular weekend but there would be more on special occasions like birthday.
Police advices him not to show up and cause the craziness of the crowd but he shows up like this when he is at home.
I hove been watching SRK's interview for sometime now and realized, how many times he has to answer the same question again and again. And I admire him for answering with dignity, humility and honesty again and again. The top of the frequently asked question is "Why do you think you are so popular?". The second comes on "Why you don't flirt with actresses?"
It must be unreasonable for them for he is not best looking, best dancer, may not even be a best actor. I don't know why I'm only attracted to him either. He himself wonders.
A R Rahman once said the same thing. When I interviewed him, I asked "Among all those gifts you are given by God, what are you most grateful of?" He said, "The ability to feel that I'm insignificant when I look at the ocean." Great minds think alike.
Police advices him not to show up and cause the craziness of the crowd but he shows up like this when he is at home.
I hove been watching SRK's interview for sometime now and realized, how many times he has to answer the same question again and again. And I admire him for answering with dignity, humility and honesty again and again. The top of the frequently asked question is "Why do you think you are so popular?". The second comes on "Why you don't flirt with actresses?"
It must be unreasonable for them for he is not best looking, best dancer, may not even be a best actor. I don't know why I'm only attracted to him either. He himself wonders.
I know very truly I'm not a genius. I'm very clearly not gifted. And I know that the position I've reached is the position that should be gifted to a genius. It's not deservingly so.
The reason I'm good to fans or I believe in them is because, one I'm employed by them so I'm like "thank you guys. You've been kind to me," So I'm returning that kindness.
And the second way to look at it is "OK, listen I'm really scared, don't go anywhere. I know I don't deserve it but thank you so much so stick on." I'm just being... what do you say I'm being kind to them for my own selfish gains.
But whatever the case, I'm immensely grateful. I think it comes out of gratitude. It doesn't come out of any other reason.
If I see, on weekends, I have hundreds of people outside my house. Today is Sunday a lot of people will come out in the evening. I feel I'm going in to meeting them all. My security with a gun says don't. But I want to meet them. Because I have to thank them.
So I think fans are like how you feel in front of an ocean. You know sometimes when you are so full of yourself, you go down on the beach and stand in front of the sea and realize how insignificant you are.
And all the importance in your house and well up fostered rooms and your Luis Vuittons and your BMWs and you're like "Oh God, I'm so powerful". And you go and stand in front of the sea and you realize you are such an insignificant nobody in the larger scheme of things.
Fans to me are like that. See, when I see them I realize my insignificance without them. I want to go and stand with them and say "OK, I'm insignificant. But thank you for making me so significant, for making me so special.
A R Rahman once said the same thing. When I interviewed him, I asked "Among all those gifts you are given by God, what are you most grateful of?" He said, "The ability to feel that I'm insignificant when I look at the ocean." Great minds think alike.
