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Jim Carrey
21 quotes
“Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes.”
Jim Carrey (born 1962) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I enjoy my life. The fame part of it freaked me out for a little while, and there are definitely times when it's not so great to be special and known by everybody — you know, when you're wearing the wrong thing, or just in a vulnerable place. But I'm good with my life now.”
Jim Carrey (born 1962) first seen 2003 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Jim Carrey: Bruce Almighty by Stella Papamichael, at BBC (16 June 2003)
“There are two thoughts that will ensure success in all you do; (1) Don't tell everything you know, and (2) until Ace Ventura, no actor had considered talking through his ass.”
Jim Carrey (born 1962) first seen 2003 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Major in Success (2003) by Patrick Combs and Jack Canfield, p. 60
“If you aren’t in the moment, you are either looking forward to uncertainty, or back to pain and regret.”
Jim Carrey (born 1962) first seen 2004 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Carrey: 'Life Is Too Beautiful': Star Talks About Bouts With Depression And His Spirituality 60 Minutes (21 November 2004)
“I like people. They're entertaining. I just may laugh at different things than most people. I laugh at mistakes. I laugh at how you recover from mistakes.”
Jim Carrey (born 1962) first seen 2004 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in An Interview with Jim Carrey: We talk to the comedy mastermind about his most reserved performance by Jeff Otto IGN (12 March 2004)
“I think we're past the time in history where you have to come out and say, "you know I'm just happy all the time! I'm a joker, I'm a crazy man!" you know kind of thing. I think people understand I can turn that switch on but I'm also a sensitive, normal human being with feelings and I know how to express those too.”
Jim Carrey (born 1962) first seen 2005 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Fun with Dick & Jane: An Interview with Jim Carrey by Wilson Morales in Features, BlackFilm.com (December 2005)
“Comedic actors can be looked at as a lower form because we have to put ourselves in a lower place than most of the audience. I think lofty emotions are somehow considered more special. The best stories in the world to me are the ones that elicit a real emotion, but have humour.”
Jim Carrey (born 1962) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in This much I know: Jim Carrey, actor, 46, Los Angeles by Tony Horkins in The Observer (19 October 2008)
“I've learned many great leasson from my father. Not the least of which was that you can fail at what you dont want, so you might as well take a chance on doing what you love.”
Jim Carrey (born 1962) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We have to say yes to socialism — to the word and everything [...] Medicare for all, ending student debt, a different approach to the war on terror, ending mass incarceration.”
Jim Carrey (born 1962) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Jim Carrey says "stop apologizing" and "say yes to socialism" (September 2018)
“Everything should be considered. That's all. I think that's all people want. All people want is to be considered.”
Jim Carrey (born 1962) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Jim Carrey: Feedback on Sonic was helpful (February 2020)
“Untold American lives have been ruined by the presidency of Donald Trump. The rule of law is imperiled, our unity has been shattered, the service sector has been obliterated, and major cities are suffering. Black Americans, who have endured half a millennium of wickedness and brutality, now face more injustice and death.”
Jim Carrey (born 1962) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Imagine if you could actually be that happy? That would be powerful, man. People would be tunneling under the street to avoid you. They'd go "Oh, man — is that happy guy still out there?”
Jim Carrey (born 1962) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Madness is never that far away. It's as close as saying yes to the wrong impulse. The people who stay sane are the people who can make those quick decisions: "Should I stick my fingers into the fan, or leave the room right now? "Should I run the blade of this razor across my tongue, or just finish shaving and move away from the sink?" But you don't because luckily most of us have that little voice inside our head that says, "Uh uh uh, turning the car into oncoming traffic...is counterproductive!”
Jim Carrey (born 1962) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I think nine times out of ten the worst impulses we get are when we're behind the wheel of a car. That's why I don't think its such a good idea to have a gun … in the glove compartment. Cause chances are, if it's there, sooner or later, you're gonna use it — 'course, then again, what are you gonna do when someone cuts you off on the freeway? Just let them go? Yeah — you pretty much have to shoot them, y'know, otherwise they won't learn nothin'.”
Jim Carrey (born 1962) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Communication, hardest thing in the world. Y'know, I can look at you guys, I can communicate to you all night, but, one-on-one, I'm terrible. It's just, there's certain things about communicating that really bother me. Like whenever I meet somebody new I say, "Hi! How are you!" Most of the time when people hear that they'll say, "Good! And yourself?", or "Fine! Thank you very much!" But sometimes they like to surprise you, "I've got no dream, man! I'm all dead inside!”
Jim Carrey (born 1962) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I wish I could do some really weird stuff for you guys, you know?”
Jim Carrey (born 1962) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“(Parodying Informer by Snow)”
Jim Carrey (born 1962) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You can criticise me all the way to the bank”
Jim Carrey (born 1962) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My singles' number one and Shabba don't rank”
Jim Carrey (born 1962) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You are a bastard. Hi @JimCarrey do you know the history of #RosaPark?”
Jim Carrey (born 1962) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 30 March 2019 and 31 March 2019 by Alessandra Mussolini regarding Rosa Parks
“Now fear is going to be a player in your life, but you get to decide how much. You can spend your whole life imagining ghosts, worrying about the pathway to the future, but all there will ever be is what’s happening here and the decisions we make in this moment, which are based on either love or fear. So many of us choose our path out of fear disguised as practicality. What we really want seems impossibly out of reach and ridiculous to expect, so we never dare to ask the universe for it. I’m saying I’m the proof that you can ask the universe for it — please! ... My father could have been a great comedian, but he didn’t believe that was possible for him, and so he made a conservative choice. Instead, he got a safe job as an accountant, and when I was 12 years old, he was let go from that safe job, and our family had to do whatever we could to survive. 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.”
Jim Carrey (born 1962) first seen 2014 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 2014 Maharishi University graduation ceremony