Either you’re the one erasing or you’re the one being erased.
JIM CARREYMy father used to brag that I wasn’t a ham, I was the whole pig.
More Jim Carrey Quotes
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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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If you’ve got a talent, protect it.
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My life is not unlike Truman’s. I can’t go anywhere.
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One of the most corrosive threats to society moving forward is social media and right wing disinformation.
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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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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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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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Maybe other people will try to limit me but I don’t limit myself.
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But, you know, you can’t be a star at home.
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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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Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes.
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My focus is to forget the pain of life. Forget the pain, mock the pain, reduce it. And laugh.
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The effect you have on others is the most valuable currency there is.
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I really believe in the philosophy that you create your own universe. I’m just trying to create a good one for myself.
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I don’t make it in regular channels, and that’s okay for me.
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Originality is really important.
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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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Everything can be made fun of. The most serious things are ripe for making fun of them.
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So many of us choose our path out of fear disguised as practicality.
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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 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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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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Choose love, and don’t ever let fear turn you against your playful heart.
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A lot of good love can happen in ten years.
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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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