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.
JIM CARREYLife is an ordeal, albeit an exciting one, but I wouldn’t trade it for the good old days of poverty and obscurity.
More Jim Carrey Quotes
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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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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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So many of us choose our path out of fear disguised as practicality.
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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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Fear is going to be a player in your life, but you get to decide how much.
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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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I don’t believe in hope. Hope is a beggar. Hope walks through the fire, faith leaps over it.
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I absolutely want to have a career where you make’em laugh and make’em cry. It’s all theater.
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But, you know, you can’t be a star at home.
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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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Ever since I started to get recognition I’ve picked out certain fans and reverse-stalked them.
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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.
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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’ve always believed that you can funnel good things toward yourself by thinking positiviely.
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