"I've never been offered anything," said Shah Rukh disarmingly in an interview with IANS over the phone from New York on a trip to promote his new film "My Name Is Khan" set for release in the US Feb 12. "You need to work much harder and prove your mettle a longer time maybe to come in to a different world with a different language like Anil has done," he said. "I don't know if I've got what it takes. I've never been offered something...I won't lie. I'm quite happy doing the films I do." 

Shah Rukh has not seen Anil's performance in the action television series broadcast by Fox. But "I'm dying to see it. A friend of mine saw it and he said it's awesome. Anil Kapoor is awesome. Maybe I'll wait for the DVD or for it to come out on iTunes and hope I'm able to see the new season." 

"He's one of the finest, most conscientious, hard-working actors and one of the few people who I met initially in my career and was very helpful," he said. "He always has a positive thing to say, one of the most positive actors I've met...really nice." 

On his plans for the future, Shah Rukh said, "in terms of films, I haven't worked for a year because of my injury. I think by end of February, I should be nearly fit. I guess by March I would like to start a film, which is titled 'Ra. One'. [TOI]