Jim Carrey Quotes

My dad was like a stage mother he always pushed me to do what I wanted.

Life is an ordeal, albeit an exciting one, but I wouldn’t trade it for the good old days of poverty and obscurity.

You are ready and able to do beautiful things in this world….you will only ever have two choices: love or fear. Choose love, and don’t ever let fear turn you against your playful heart.

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.

I want to be the greatest actor that ever lived, frankly. I’d love that. But I don’t need to be. I just want to be here. That’s it.

It’s nice to finally get scripts offered to me that aren’t the ones Tom Hanks wipes his butt with.

Green Eggs and Ham was the story of my life. I wouldn’t eat a thing when I was a kid, but Dr. Seuss inspired me to try cauliflower!

When the first big paycheque with ‘Dumb And Dumber’ hit, I went: ‘Gosh, I wonder if this will affect my performance. Will I do a take and think, was that worth $7 million?’ But that never happened. If anything, it made me rebel against that thing when people who get rich start playing it safe.

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.

I’m very serious about no alcohol, no drugs. Life is too beautiful.

I really believe in the philosophy that you create your own universe. I’m just trying to create a good one for myself.

Ever since I started to get recognition I’ve picked out certain fans and reverse-stalked them.

Life opens up opportunities to you, and you either take them or you stay afraid of taking them.

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.

I’m the first to admit this whole salary thing is getting out of control. In the final analysis, it’s still about the work.

One thing I hope I’ll never be is drunk with my own power. And anybody who says I am will never work in this town again.

It’s hard for anybody who’s been with me not to feel starved for affection when I’m making love to my ideas. Maybe it’s not meant for me to settle down and be married.