Karan Johar Quotes

I think everybody dreamt somehow to make a film in Hollywood, you know.

I definitely want to work in Hindi films.

I think every American kid grows up dreaming about being in the movies. That's completely normal for us. But I mostly wanted to be a writer, and I got taught the scriptwriting program.

I grew up right near Hollywood, and I wanted to be a filmmaker.

I always loved movies, but I never thought I would presume to be a screenwriter and definitely not a director.

There are thousands of directors in Hollywood.

I love doing motion pictures and expect to be as busy as I want to be in them.

I always wanted to do films. I'd gone to New York early in 1976 and did a lot of theater, but I really wanted to chase the paths of people like Pacino and Lemmon and those guys. Alan Arkin. Film was where I wanted to go.

My grandmother and both my parents worked in Bollywood.

I like and I love everything that has to do with cinema: writing, directing, editing, creating music, and even acting.

I want to continue to make beautiful movies. The most important thing is to be a part of beautiful stories, that's all I want. So I don't care if it's a Hollywood movie or an independent movie or a Spanish or American movie. I care about telling stories.

My dad showed me loads of films when I was young, but I never thought I would be in movies. That didn't seem like a real job to me.

My dad was in these pretty big films that were relevant to my age group. I remember him doing 'Richie Rich' when I was eight-years-old, and then 'Jumanji.' I remember going to these sets, and I loved being on film sets. I just found it fascinating watching how stories were made.

I want to be a part of the best movies that are being made, and to work with the best directors.

But I'm very keen to work with directors such as Imtiaz Ali, Zoya Akhtar, Farhan Akhtar, Vishal Bhardwaj, Abhishek Chaubey, Anurag Kashyap and Abhishek Kapoor.

My childhood dream was to work with Mr Bachchan and 'Pink' fulfilled that.

I have registered few titles like 'Bharat Bandh,' 'Calendar Girl,' 'Money Politics.' The titles just intrigued me, so I registered. I had a title, 'Jai Ho,' which I gave to Sohail Khan for his next film with Salman Khan. These are typical Madhur Bhandarkar kind of films. I may make a film or not on such titles... not sure yet.

I'm not saying I'm a writer, but I've been in movies for a long time, and I think I could write a script for a movie.

I don't want to be a part of any Bollywood movie.

I don't really know Hollywood, but living and shooting in L.A. was very motivating, inspiring. The lights, the extras, their American faces, the energy, the Orpheum Theatre. It was all very inspiring.

I'd be happy doing anything on a film set.

I had a friend in high school who badly wanted to make movies and would recruit me as an actor. It was always so much fun. I decided, I'm going to go to Hollywood and make movies, which is a thought I'd never had before.

I didn't know anything about movies or movie stars or the Academy or anything. I was just a blank sheet of paper. I was totally ignorant of all that stuff. I never went to the movies, didn't know anything about the movies.

There was a moment in the early '80s when I wanted to work on films and wanted to live in L.A.

You never know when I might decide to work in a Bollywood film and do one of those dance numbers with the whole crew in the backdrop.