23 Famous Quotes by Jim Carrey
Jim Carrey is a Canadian-American actor, comedian, and artist who is known for his larger-than-life personality and his ability to make people laugh. He has starred in a number of popular films, including "The Mask," "Dumb and Dumber," and "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind." Beyond his acting career, Carrey is also an accomplished artist and has exhibited his work in galleries around the world. His unique perspective on life and his willingness to challenge conventional wisdom make him a truly original and inspiring figure. (Jim Carrey Biography).
Jim Carrey Famous Quotes
1. "I wake up some mornings and sit and have my coffee and look out at my beautiful garden, and I go, 'Remember how good this is. Because you can lose it.'"
2. "If you aren't in the moment, you are either looking forward to uncertainty, or back to pain and regret."
3. "Either you're the one erasing or you're the one being erased."
4. "Life opens up opportunities to you, and you either take them or you stay afraid of taking them."
5. "I've tried everything. I've done therapy, I've done colonics. I went to a psychic who had me running around town buying pieces of ribbon to fill the colors in my aura. Did the Prozac thing."
6. "My focus is to forget the pain of life. Forget the pain, mock the pain, reduce it. And laugh."
7. "It is better to risk starving to death then surrender. If you give up on your dreams, what's left?"
8. "I just want to be myself."
9. "If you've got a talent, protect it."
10. "Life is an ordeal, albeit an exciting one, but I wouldn't trade it for the good old days of poverty and obscurity."
11. "Maybe other people will try to limit me but I don't limit myself."
12. "I love playing ego and insecurity combined."
13. "People need motivation to do anything. I don't think human beings learn anything without desperation."
14. "Desperation is a necessary ingredient to learning anything, or creating anything. Period. If you ain't desperate at some point, you ain't interesting."
15. "I tend to stay up late, not because I'm partying but because it's the only time of the day when I'm alone and don't have to be performing."
16. "My upbringing in Canada made me the person I am. I will always be proud to be a Canadian."
17. "I'm very serious about no alcohol, no drugs. Life is too beautiful."
18. "I really believe in the philosophy that you create your own universe. I'm just trying to create a good one for myself."
19. "I don't think human beings learn anything without desperation. Desperation is a necessary ingredient to learning anything or creating anything. Period. If you ain't desperate at some point, you ain't interesting."
20. "My mother was a professional sick person; she took a lot of pain pills. There are many people like that. It's just how they are used to getting attention. I always remember she's the daughter of alcoholics who'd leave her alone at Christmas time."
21. "A lot of good love can happen in ten years."
22. "Maybe there is no actual place called hell. Maybe hell is just having to listen to our grandparents breathe through their noses when they're eating sandwiches."
23. "The money can be a hindrance to someone like me because the danger is that you start thinking, 'Is that a $20 million take?' That kind of thing, and being self-critical."
― Jim Carrey Quotes
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