SRK:"I do not do anything overtly macho; so people think I am effeminate"

Excepts of an interview of KIng KHan :

(Courtesy: Times of India Site)

#On his recent ad campaign for a beauty soap making round of rumours about his act epitomising the 'gay man's fantasy':

>>>>I found it very strange. For me, when I signed the campaign there was no analysis attached in terms of sexuality. I think it’s an over-simplification of things, because I usually don’t do anything overtly macho, so people think I am effeminate, which is OK by me.

#Soaps's ad are traditionally women's domain:

>>>>The people who talk about me don’t know me well enough. I am very happy being what I am. I don’t need to make a gesture from charity to masculinity, from goodness to meanness to prove a point to anybody. I cannot sit down and rectify people’s perceptions. Unlike earlier, when I used to get affected by such comments, today I don’t react. I am very confident about myself, my children, my family and friends. That’s what matters. I am comfortable with my inner world. The outer world will have a lot of takes on me and now, I am comfortable with even that. I don’t have to prove anything to anybody.

#On the recent documentary on him to be made by Nasreen Munni kabeer named "Inner and Outer World of SRK":

>>>>It is very difficult to demarcate my inner and outer world. It’s the perception of the maker.

#On rumours that Chopra camp and SRK have drifted away:

>>>>We are not related to each other because of our work as people wrongly think ki char picture saath mein banayi toh close ho gaye. On the contrary, we made the films because we are close to each other. Adi and I have no problem, because we are the same age and know how things work here. But with Yashji, there’s an age gap and such rumours can get embarrassing. He is very emotional about all this. He tells me, log jab yeh sab puchte hain toh bahut sharm aati hai. We never discuss work. He calls me up and says, yeh film karni hai, and I don’t ask him further. I just do it. Even with Veer Zara, I didn’t hear the story. He asked me to do it and I did it. We never discuss money and don’t have any contracts. That’s my equation with him,”

#On rumours that there is cold war between Amitabh Bachchan and him:

>>>>I think all this is related to the set of rumours that talk of Yash Chopra and me drifting apart. Why should anybody try to spread something like this? Who has the time? Amitji is a gentleman and everyone knows him. He is a big star, somebody who we’ve grown up watching. I respect him for that. He is a friend and so is his family. Abhishek is a close friend. Jaya aunty calls Gauri and me her children.