18 quotes by Jim Carrey

“It is better to risk starving to death then surrender. If you give up on your dreams, what's left?” — Jim Carrey

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“Maybe there is no actual place called hell. Maybe hell is just having to listen to our grandparents breathe through their noses when they're eating sandwiches.” — Jim Carrey

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“I refuse to feel guilty. I feel guilty about too much in my life but not about money. I went through periods when I had nothing, so somebody in my family has to get stinkin' wealthy.” — Jim Carrey

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“My family kinda hit the skids. We were experiencing poverty at that point. We all got a job, where the whole family had to work as security guards and janitors. And I just got angry.” — Jim Carrey

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“Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes.” — Jim Carrey

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“I wake up some mornings and sit and have my coffee and look out at my beautiful garden, and I go, 'Remember how good this is. Because you can lose it.'” — Jim Carrey

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“But, you know, you can't be a star at home.” — Jim Carrey

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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.” — Jim Carrey

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“I don't think human beings learn anything without desperation. Desperation is a necessary ingredient to learning anything or creating anything. Period. If you ain't desperate at some point, you ain't interesting.” — Jim Carrey

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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.” — Jim Carrey

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“My focus is to forget the pain of life. Forget the pain, mock the pain, reduce it. And laugh.” — Jim Carrey

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“Life opens up opportunities to you, and you either take them or you stay afraid of taking them.” — Jim Carrey

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“I'm so wrapped up in my work that it's often impossible to consider other things in my life. My marriage ended in divorce because of this, my relationship with Holly has suffered by this.” — Jim Carrey

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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.” — Jim Carrey

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“If you've got a talent, protect it.” — Jim Carrey

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“I need privacy. I would think that because what I do makes a lot of people happy that I might deserve a little bit of respect in return. Instead, the papers try to drag me off my pedestal.” — Jim Carrey

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“I 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.” — Jim Carrey

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“What I have in common with the character in 'Truman' is this incredible need to please people. I 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.” — Jim Carrey

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