{"author":"Karan Johar","author_id":"Karan+Johar","total_quotes":13,"quotes":[{"text":"I don't know about happy endings, because I don't think, eventually, anything is happy. You feel a bout of happiness with good news. Five minutes later, there could be a traffic jam or a phone call from an irritating relative or a weird thought, or it could be a tweet that annoys you, and your emotion will flip immediately.","author":"Karan Johar","tags":["happy","good","thought "],"id":23128,"author_id":"Karan+Johar"},{"text":"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.","author":"Karan Johar","tags":["legal","me","professional "],"id":26372,"author_id":"Karan+Johar"},{"text":"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't you speak about your sexuality? You could be iconic in this country.' But I don't want to be iconic anywhere. I want to live my life.","author":"Karan Johar","tags":["life","day","social media "],"id":98775,"author_id":"Karan+Johar"},{"text":"My primary passion is film-making. That's the aspect of my life that defines me, completes me, and completely grounds me. Everything else - from judging a reality TV show to hosting a talk show - is just a result of me being a film-maker. I am the happiest, satisfied and at peace when I am behind the camera.","author":"Karan Johar","tags":["life","passion","i am "],"id":129949,"author_id":"Karan+Johar"},{"text":"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.","author":"Karan Johar","tags":["funny","work","i am "],"id":182871,"author_id":"Karan+Johar"},{"text":"I met Hugh Jackman, and I was like, 'I love your movies!' And, of course, he asked, 'Which one?' A reasonable question, but I blanked completely. In that moment, I couldn't remember a single film that Hugh Jackman had done. So I copped out. 'The recent one!' And that was one of his biggest disasters. Well done, me.","author":"Karan Johar","tags":["love","me","remember "],"id":209577,"author_id":"Karan+Johar"},{"text":"For me, my country comes first. Nothing else matters but my country. I always felt that the best way to express your patriotism is to spread love, and that's all I ever tried to do through my work and my cinema.","author":"Karan Johar","tags":["love","work","best "],"id":213222,"author_id":"Karan+Johar"},{"text":"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.","author":"Karan Johar","tags":["money","father","mother "],"id":304961,"author_id":"Karan+Johar"},{"text":"'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 stories that need to be told in a certain way, and 'The Lunchbox' is that movie, and I'm so proud to present this movie.","author":"Karan Johar","tags":["love","proud","present "],"id":347072,"author_id":"Karan+Johar"},{"text":"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 will be a dynamic, and relationship and connect that will be forever.","author":"Karan Johar","tags":["love","relationship","deep "],"id":371350,"author_id":"Karan+Johar"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":13,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}