I absolutely want to have a career where you make’em laugh and make’em cry. It’s all theater.
JIM CARREYAs far as I can tell, it’s just about letting the universe know what you want and then working toward it while letting go of how it comes to pass.
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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 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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My dad was like a stage mother he always pushed me to do what I wanted.
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The effect you have on others is the most valuable currency there is.
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Free cable is the ultimate aphrodisiac.
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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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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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A better you means a better universe.
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Energy is what I believe all of us are. We’re just conscious awareness dancing for itself for no other reason but to stay amused.
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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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So many of us choose our path out of fear disguised as practicality.
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I used to draw a lot. If my mother would ask me to do something else, I’d have a hairy conniption. I’d just go crazy.
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The money can be a hindrance to someone like me because the danger is that you start thinking, ‘Is that a $20 million take?’ That kind of thing, and being self-critical.
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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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One man’s toxic waste is another man’s potpourri.
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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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There was a time when people said, ‘Jim, if you keep on making faces, your face will freeze like that.’ Now they just say, ‘Pay him!’
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Everything you gain in life will rot and fall apart, and all that will be left of you is what was in your heart.
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Isn’t it cool when the days that are supposed to feel good, actually do?
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Morgan Freeman is so class. He’s so cool. He’s so scary.
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I don’t make it in regular channels, and that’s okay for me.
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A lot of good love can happen in ten years.
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Beware of the unloved, because they will eventually hurt themselves or others.
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Usually you regret the things you say no to.
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I don’t remember yesterday. I pretty much live in the moment.
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Your need for acceptance can make you invisible in this world. Don’t let anything stand in the way of the light that shines through this form. Risk being seen in all of your glory.
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