Jim Carrey Quotes

• My focus is to forget the pain of life. Forget the pain, mock the pain, reduce it. And laugh.

  Jim Carrey

• 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.

  Jim Carrey

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

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• Morgan Freeman is so class. He’s so cool. He’s so scary.

  Jim Carrey

• Maybe other people will try to limit me but I don’t limit myself.

  Jim Carrey

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

  Jim Carrey

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

  Jim Carrey

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

  Jim Carrey

• 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.

  Jim Carrey

• It was such a leap in my career when ‘Truman Show’ came along. It’s always been a long process for me insofar as recognition goes, but that’s OK because you appreciate it when it comes.

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• It is better to risk starving to death then surrender. If you give up on your dreams, what’s left?

  Jim Carrey

• If you aren’t in the moment, you are either looking forward to uncertainty, or back to pain and regret.

  Jim Carrey

• If I had never ventured beyond being a stand-up comic, then I would be sitting in my house today working on my Leonardo DiCaprio impression.

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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

• I’ve never been one to sit back and go, ‘I’d better do what the audience wants me to do, because I don’t want to lose them.’

  Jim Carrey

• I’ve arrived at the place if I’m not taking a career risk, I’m not happy. If I’m scared, then I know I’m being challenged.

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

  Jim Carrey

• 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.

  Jim Carrey

• I’m so wrapped up in my work that it’s often impossible to consider other things in my life. My marriage ended in divorce because of this, my relationship with Holly has suffered by this.

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• I’m a hard guy to live with. I’m like a caged animal. I’m up all night walking around the living room. It’s hard for me to come down from what I do.

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Jim Carrey (71)

Birth:	17th January, 1962
Nationality:	Canadian
Profession:	Actor, Comedian, Producer, Screenwriter

About

James Eugene Carrey was born in Newmarket, Ontario, Canada. He is a Canadian actor, comedian, screenwriter and producer. He is known for his highly energetic slapstick performances. His role in several films include: The Sex and Violence Family Hour (also writer), All in Good Taste, Once Bitten, The Dead Pool, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (also writer), Dumb and Dumber, Batman Forever, Liar Liar, Man on the Moon (Won- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor), The Majestic, Bruce Almighty (also producer), Fun with Dick and Jane (also producer), Yes Man, I Love You Phillip Morris, Kick-Ass 2, The Bad Batch, and True Crimes. His role in television include: In Living Color (sketch comedy TV series).

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