Karan Johar Quotes

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Karan Johar

Profession : Director

Birth : May 25, 1972

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 mother completes me as a son. I think I have a full family unit of my own.

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

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Throughout my life, I have valued relationships far more than the professionalism.

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

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My very shy Punjabi father never taught me about the birds and bees. So shy was he that he may have thought he would get arrested for even talking about it.

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

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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.

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Two powerful people can't be friends.

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I grew up as the only child, and we did not have a large family. So for me and my mother, our friends tend to become our family.

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No one wanted to be my friend because of my lunchbox - because I never shared my lunchbox. One day the principal walked in and said, 'No one is friends with Karan Johar; who will be his friend?' My CEO today put his hand up there and said, he will.

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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.

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I feel Victoria may have a Secret, but you don't have to know it!

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'Sairat' is a film I absolutely loved. I have great regard for the movie and its film-maker. The movie blew my mind.

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Legal documents have mistrust written all over them. It's unfortunate, but the human DNA is so tuned to kind of taking you for granted that we tend to protect ourselves legally. That's why I don't read them as, if I read them, I will go soft. To me, the human relationship is far more important than the professional bond I share with anyone.

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I am always acting, be at a party, at work or in office. My attitude changes from meeting to meeting, from being serious to intense to funny, depending on who is in the room.

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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,' which was hugely hyped but underwhelming at the box office, and I remember that my dad had to sell my grandmother's flat to pay off the loan.

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I don't claim to have led a saintly life. There have been a lot of one-sided love stories in my life.

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I am very strongly paternal. My paternal instincts need to be acted upon. My love needs a release. I love everyone. I don't express my love enough, but the love within me needs a platform as a parent.

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I have invariably been in love when I haven't had the same reciprocated emotion at all. I don't choose to talk about my personal life because I believe that I don't want to, and I believe my personal life is personal.

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Sometimes new voices have the most spectacular vision. It is uncluttered and organic.

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