Life is an ordeal, albeit an exciting one, but I wouldn’t trade it for the good old days of poverty and obscurity.
JIM CARREYI 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.
More Jim Carrey Quotes
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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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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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Acting is divine dissatisfaction. It’s the greatest thing in the world to do, but you are never satisfied with it ever.
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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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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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Flowers don’t worry about how they’re going to bloom. They just open up & turn toward the light & that makes them beautiful.
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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 don’t remember yesterday. I pretty much live in the moment.
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My father used to brag that I wasn’t a ham, I was the whole pig.
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I really want to love somebody. I do. I just don’t know if it’s possible forever and ever.
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Solitude is dangerous. It’s very addictive.
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This is the voice of your ego. If you listen to it, there will always be someone who seems to be doing better than you.
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The purpose of art is to bring people into presence.
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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 learned many great lessons from my father, not the least of which, was that you can fail at what you don’t want so you might as well take a chance on doing what you love.
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