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 CARREYI 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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Ever since I started to get recognition I’ve picked out certain fans and reverse-stalked them.
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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’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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Ya know what I do almost every day? I wash. Personal hygiene is part of the package with me.
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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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People need motivation to do anything. I don’t think human beings learn anything without desperation.
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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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So many of us choose our path out of fear disguised as practicality.
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One thing I hope I’ll never be is drunk with my own power. And anybody who says I am will never work in this town again.
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My dad was like a stage mother he always pushed me to do what I wanted.
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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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Originality is really important.
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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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Compassion is the currency that leads to true wealth.
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A lot of good love can happen in ten years.
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