Aamir Khan, The "Street Performer"?
Aamir Khan is one actor who manages to set cash registers ringing at the box office with almost all his films. As he gears up to step into the shoes of a wrestler for his next, the actor talks about the importance of quality over quantity, and how he doesn’t make money unless the film does well. 
“I don’t want to satisfy my creative instincts on the basis of someone else’s money. I want to do work that makes me happy, but also work that doesn’t drown other people’s money. So, in effect, I do work that I want to do, but I don’t charge for it. When I do a film, I don’t charge a fee. What it does is that it immediately takes away the weight or pressure of signing a big star.” – said Khan.
Khan also said that he thinks of himself as a Street Performer, as they dont have a set fee and simply perform taking what if given to them. Just like a street performer, he too gets paid based on the performance, if the film does well at the box office, then he gets paid accordingly.
Khan also explained how he doesn’t like to burden the producers with possible losses saying,
“I don’t want producers to face the brunt. I don’t believe in saying things like, “I have taken my ’50 crore. If there’s a loss, it’s yours to deal with.” That’s not my philosophy. If I haven’t done a good job, I won’t get anything. If you are working with me, you must get something from me; and it shouldn’t be the other way around. If a producer, who works with me, doesn’t earn, then what is my value? People must earn through me; even the audience must feel that they have got their ticket money’s worth.
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