Quotes by Jim Carrey

Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes.

— Jim Carrey

Wisdom

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.'

— Jim Carrey

Wisdom

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

— Jim Carrey

Hope

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

— Jim Carrey

Life

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

Education

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

— Jim Carrey

Wisdom

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

— Jim Carrey

Life

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

— Jim Carrey

Life

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

— Jim Carrey

Wisdom

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.

— Jim Carrey

Wisdom

If you've got a talent, protect it.

— Jim Carrey

Wisdom

My upbringing in Canada made me the person I am. I will always be proud to be a Canadian.

— Jim Carrey

Wisdom

Originality is really important.

— Jim Carrey

Wisdom

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

Love

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

Wisdom

People need motivation to do anything. I don't think human beings learn anything without desperation.

— Jim Carrey

Education

I praticed making faces in the mirror and it would drive my mother crazy. She used to scare me by saying that I was going to see the devil if I kept looking in the mirror. That fascinated me even more, of course.

— Jim Carrey

Wisdom

Ya know what I do almost every day? I wash. Personal hygiene is part of the package with me.

— Jim Carrey

Wisdom

I try to do something the audience might not have seen before. Like if I'm gonna kiss a girl I wanna kiss her like a girl has never been kissed. Like maybe I would kick her legs out from under her and catch her right before she hits the ground and then kiss her.

— Jim Carrey

Wisdom

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.

— Jim Carrey

Success

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

Education

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.

— Jim Carrey

Wisdom

You know, I live a monastic lifestyle. No, I do. I do live in extremes, basically. I go back and forth. Once every six months, I'll have a day where I eat more chocolate than has ever been consumed by a human being.

— Jim Carrey

Life

I really want to love somebody. I do. I just don't know if it's possible forever and ever.

— Jim Carrey

Love