When Shah Rukh Khan said he would never abandon Gauri Khan to get ahead in his career: ‘You have no right to hurt people who love you’

Shah Rukh then questioned why one could not have it all – a career and a personal life. “And I really don’t understand this big sh*t about sacrificing this for my career and that for my career. I mean, why can’t you have both? Why are you looking for excuses for your neglect towards your family or wife or girlfriend? And even if you have neglected your personal life for your professional one, what makes you so proud of it? You have no right to hurt people who love you and you tom tom about it, like a f***ing virtue. How ridiculous,” he said. At this time, Gauri was still living in Delhi while Shah Rukh had moved to Mumbai.

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At this point, Shah Rukh was yet to make his debut in the movies, and hoped that he doesn’t lose himself in the glamorous world of cinema. He said, “The fact is that most of these actors are too preoccupied with themselves to even think about anyone else. They get so involved with themselves – and it’s very easy to get carried away in this profession – that they have no time and room for anyone else. It’s called narcissism. Most of the people out here are like that. Their make-up room is their world and the flatterers, their family. They are so cut-up from reality. They lose themselves to this world. I wish that never happens to me. And if it does, I will be very sad.”

One month after this interview was published, Shah Rukh married Gauri Khan. His debut film Deewana released in June 1992.