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 CARREYMy report card always said, ‘Jim finishes first and then disrupts the other students’.
More Jim Carrey Quotes
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The early bird gathers no moss! The rolling stone catches the worm.
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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.
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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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True religion has, at its core: Love, Peace, Mercy, Justice and Freedom. If any of these elements is not fully present in a religion, the religion has been compromised.
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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.
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If you give up on your dreams, what’s left?
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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.
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Usually you regret the things you say no to.
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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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Our love is like a red, red rose and I am a little thorny.
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Maybe other people will try to limit me but I don’t limit myself.
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Comedy is a high form of art becaus it brings us more joy than anything else.
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Life opens up opportunities to you, and you either take them or you stay afraid of taking them.
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Ya know what I do almost every day? I wash. Personal hygiene is part of the package with me.
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There is a huge difference between a dog that is going to eat you in your mind and an actual dog that’s going to eat you.
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I feel like I want to take care of everyone and I also feel this terrible guilt if I am unable to. And I have felt this way ever since all this success started.
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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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My report card always said, ‘Jim finishes first and then disrupts the other students’.
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I tend to stay up late, not because I’m partying but because it’s the only time of the day when I’m alone and don’t have to be performing.
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I wished people could realize all of their dreams of wealth and fame so they could see that it’s not where you’ll find your sense of completion.
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One man’s toxic waste is another man’s potpourri.
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The effect you have on others is the most valuable currency there is.
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Psychologically, it’s what I love to be. Tearing apart a person from the inside out.
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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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I don’t believe in bad people. I believe that people, somewhere inside, have the potential to realize themselves.
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I just want to be myself.
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