Karan Johar Quotes

If you chase fame, you make bad choices. Being famous isn't interesting.

I didn't set out to be famous; if I'd wanted that, I would have gone on 'Big Brother.'

Oh, isn't it cool? It's so cool being an actor! It's so cool having my face on a bus.

The real stars are not good actors or actresses. They're personalities.

Having your picture taken in the street and put in a magazine won't change your life.

All the Kardashians care about is the media, money, and being on camera.

I can't spend any time cultivating celebrity.

Once you become famous, there is nothing left to become but infamous.

In Hollywood, they say good news finds you.

We don't play the celebrity business in our family.

You don't want to be photographed? You don't want to be known? Then you don't need to be out there peddling movies.

There are those, I think, who are attracted to the glitz of celebrity life. I am not one of them.

Some people will go to the opening of an envelope. They live their lives in the public eye and get off on it, they need it. They need that kind of adoration. If their name isn't in the tabloids once a week they feel like a failure.

I'm not thirsty. I'm not a pop star. I don't want to reign over all forever... I don't want to be famous! It makes me feel sick, the thought of being a famous person. It's just not me.

When you reach a certain status in Hollywood, you have to play a lot of games to stay in the limelight. It becomes more about being famous than being an actor.

And to me, fame is not a positive thing. The idea of being famous is a lot better than the reality. It's fantastic when you go to premieres and people cheer you, but it's not real. And it's totally not my approach to get my name on a club door just because I can.

I don't feel comfortable with the kind of celebrity that has come my way - and I'm not very good at it, either.

Being a celebrity is a business.

I guess it comes back to the old motto, you have you're fifteen minutes a fame.

I don't consider myself a star.

Well, I think a lot of people just want to be famous.

There's a big difference to me between the people who are famous and just accept the fact that it comes with the territory of what they do, and the people who actively seek it out, who intentionally put themselves in the position of being on camera and being famous.

People have such false perceptions of how stardom really works.

I have no interest in being famous for the sake of being famous.

I'm tired of the industry, tired of playing the whole game - the dressing up, the red carpet. I hate talking about myself.