Karan Johar

“In my experience, I think there's must ado about fidelity and infidelity. I think sometimes true emotional relationships can go beyond those.”

“I think that I have self esteem issues, really. If you really analyse it... People who really like me I have no interest in. The unattainable is always that I want to attain.”

“I'm not embarrassed about who I am. I'm not apologetic.”

“I am constantly accused of being 'First World.' So what should I do? I can't apologise for my environment, upbringing, aesthetic.”

“For good or bad, there is a certain level of generalisation when it comes to my work. I want to break that perception. My decision to direct 'Bombay Talkies' or to present 'The Lunchbox' is...”

“I'm deeply stressed as a filmmaker, and I know I'm not alone. The censorship crisis, the moral policing, the politics of it has most of us on edge. I'm scared to use certain words: like, if...”

“'The Lunchbox' is the kind of cinema that is true to its word and not cluttered or corrupted by some of the mainstream pre-requisites. I love the way I make movies, but there are certain sto...”

“I have always been interested in fashion and even contemplated being a fashion designer at one point of time.”

“There are ups and downs in so many relationships, but with Shah Rukh, there is deep love. There's no other way of communicating the respect and love I have for him. And I believe that ours w...”

“I know I don't mind sharing my defects, my deficiencies, partly in the hope that someone will hear it and know that they're not alone.”

“I am not a hound; I am an attention-seeker. Very different animal. My kind of attention requires greater finesse.”

“I'm sad, upset, and disheartened with the trolling that happens on social media... At the end of the day, this whole homophobia is so disheartening and upsetting. And then they say, 'Why don...”

“I'm not a walking fleet of vanity vans any more than I'm a walking, talking multi-star cast. I might want an entourage, but so far, it is entirely eluding me.”

“I saw 'Brokeback Mountain' in a packed house in Chelsea, New York, when I was filming a Bollywood film there. Chelsea, being a predominately gay neighbourhood, had the most euphoric reaction...”

“Marriage is a definite no-no. I am totally married to my company. Emotionally, my mother fills up the void in my life. So there it is. My company is a spouse I will never cheat on, and my mo...”

“I am a Gemini and can adapt to most atmospheres. You get two for the price of one when you are a Gemini.”

“My father was 40 when he had me, so he was more a grandparent than a parent.”

“I may adopt. I love children and I do feel the need to take the legacy forward. I am open to it, but emotionally you have to be ready for it. Raising a child is really a huge responsibility....”

“My mother was keen that I complete my graduation and never ever wanted me to be in the movies, as my father had made five films that lost money. One of the films he made was 'Agneepath,' whi...”

“Everybody knows what my sexual orientation is. I don't need to scream it out. I won't, only because I live in a country where I could possibly be jailed for saying this.”