I absolutely want to have a career where you make’em laugh and make’em cry. It’s all theater.
JIM CARREYIf you’ve got a talent, protect it.
More Jim Carrey Quotes
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Desperation is a necessary ingredient to learning anything, or creating anything. Period. If you ain’t desperate at some point, you ain’t interesting.
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I really believe in the philosophy that you create your own universe. I’m just trying to create a good one for myself.
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I think everybody should get rich and famous and do everything they ever dreamed of so they can see that it’s not the answer.
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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.’
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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.
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I don’t believe in hope. Hope is a beggar. Hope walks through the fire, faith leaps over it.
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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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My soul is not contained within the limits of my body. My body is contained within the limitlessness of my soul.
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We had problems like all families but we had a lot of love. I was extremely loved. We always felt we had each other.
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Maybe other people will try to limit me but I don’t limit myself.
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One of the most corrosive threats to society moving forward is social media and right wing disinformation.
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150 people die every year from being hit by falling coconuts. Not to worry, drug makers are developing a vaccine.
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Free cable is the ultimate aphrodisiac.
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When things are really bad the only thing to do is laugh.
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It is better to risk starving to death than surrender. If you give up on your dreams, what’s left?
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