Is It Lonely at Being the Top Actor?

DP: See, I don't like to believe that I am at the top of the ladder because if I am at the top then there's nowhere to go from there. So, I would like to believe that I am still on the way and that there's lot more to do and lot more to achieve. As far as loneliness is concerned, then it is Yes and No. For example, when people come into my life today, there is a feeling in me that are they friends because they genuinely care or are they wanting to be friends because of who I am of what I have achieved. So that sense is always there, but the flip side and the positive side to that is that I have had a very solid upbringing and I have had a very solid group of friends who have been a part of my life since nursery.

Shahrukh Khan

"I have a beautiful family. I have a few friends with whom I spend lot of time. I don't want to die like my father. I don't want to be unknown. I would like to be just successful. Believe me it is lonely at the top."

Salman Khan

Who said that? Whose quote is this? I'm sure some Hollywood personality must have said this. What is top'? What is that high? At every given point of time there is one person, maybe a friend or family member who brings you down to earth. You can consider this as a humbling sign or be this obnoxious person and think, Who does he think he is? Does he know who I am? Does he know whom he's talking to?' There are two ways of looking at it.

Sources for these quotes are

http://www.filmfare.com/interviews/im-not-ill-anymore-salman-khan-1954.html

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Shah-Rukh-Khan-feels-lonely-at-the-top/articleshow/17098171.cms

http://www.bollywoodlife.com/news-gossip/ranbir-kapoor-my-relationship-with-deepika-padukone-was-turned-into-a-circus/