“I think I could go away tomorrow. I've already accomplished something. It's such a selfish business that sometimes I get sick of myself.”
Business
“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.”
SuccessAll Quotes by Jim Carrey
“Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes.”
Funny“If you've got a talent, protect it.”
Motivational“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.”
Work“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.”
Funny“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.”
Success“Life opens up opportunities to you, and you either take them or you stay afraid of taking them.”
Life“My focus is to forget the pain of life. Forget the pain, mock the pain, reduce it. And laugh.”
Life“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.”
Respect“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.”
Success“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.”
Learning“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.”
Hope“That's the trouble with being me. At this point, nobody gives a damn what my problem is. I could literally have a tumor on the side of my head and they'd be like, 'Yeah, big deal. I'd eat a tumor every morning for the kinda money you're pulling down.'”
Money“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.”
Family“A lot of good love can happen in ten years.”
Anniversary“My dad was like a stage mother he always pushed me to do what I wanted.”
Dad“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.”
Money“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.'”
Good“I haven't been as wild with my money as somebody like me might have been. I've been very safe, very conservative with investments. I don't blow money. I don't have a ton of houses. I know things can go away. I've already had that experience.”
Experience“It is better to risk starving to death then surrender. If you give up on your dreams, what's left?”
Death