Jim Carrey quotes - page 2

I really believe in the philosophy that you create your own universe. I'm just trying to create a good one for myself. (Jim Carrey)
If you give up on your dreams, what's left?
Jim Carrey
I got a lot of support from my parents. That's the one thing I always appreciated. They didn't tell me I was being stupid; they told me I was being funny.
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Imagine if you could actually be that happy? That would be powerful, man. People would be tunneling under the street to avoid you. They'd go "Oh, man - is that happy guy still out there?
Jim Carrey
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.
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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.
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Madness is never that far away. It's as close as saying yes to the wrong impulse.
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I think nine times out of ten the worst impulses we get are when we're behind the wheel of a car. That's why I don't think its such a good idea to have a gun ... in the glove compartment. Cause chances are, if it's there, sooner or later, you're gonna use it - 'course, then again, what are you gonna do when someone cuts you off on the freeway? Just let them go? Yeah - you pretty much have to shoot them, y'know, otherwise they won't learn nothin.
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Everything should be considered. That's all. I think that's all people want. All people want is to be considered.
Jim Carrey
Creative people don't behave very well generally. If you're looking for examples of good relationships in show business, you're gonna be depressed real fast. I don't have time for anything else right now but work and my daughter. She's my first priority.
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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. (Jim Carrey)
Take a chance on faith - not religion, but faith. Not hope, but faith. I don't believe in hope. Hope is a beggar. Hope walks through the fire. Faith leaps over it.
Jim Carrey
I wish I could do some really weird stuff for you guys, you know?
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There wouldn't be a swine flu if we treated the pigs better!
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I wanted to be Arcade in a fourth X-Men movie but the prequels ruined the franchise so I became Dr. Eggman in a Sonic movie where James Marsden, the actor who played Cyclops, is the best friend of the protagonist who is a fast little animal like Wolverine.
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I used to draw a lot. If my mother would ask me to do something else, I'd have a hairy conniption. I'd just go crazy.
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My family kinda hit the skids. We were experiencing poverty at that point. We all got a job, where the whole family had to work as security guards and janitors. And I just got angry.
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I think I could go away tomorrow. I've already accomplished something. It's such a selfish business that sometimes I get sick of myself.
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If you've got a talent, protect it.
Jim Carrey
My focus is to forget the pain of life. Forget the pain, mock the pain, reduce it. And laugh.
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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. (Jim Carrey)
People need motivation to do anything. I don't think human beings learn anything without desperation.
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I just want to be myself.
Jim Carrey
A lot of good love can happen in ten years.
Jim Carrey
My upbringing in Canada made me the person I am. I will always be proud to be a Canadian.
Jim Carrey