I come from the philosophy of: “Whatever happens to me is the greatest thing that could happen, no matter what.” Sometimes in the moment I have a regret, but then I have found myself every time down the line saying to myself: “I wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for that so called failure.”

— Jim Carrey

Jim Carrey Quotes

Everything you gain in life will rot and fall apart, and all that will be left of you is what was in your heart.

— Jim Carrey

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When I started to realise how important the film was to people I thought there is a lot of negative stuff going on in the world, maybe they need these two people.

— Jim Carrey

I always have been introspective, since I was a little kid, since I could remember, I was sitting in a closet trying to write out the meaning of the universe. That’s been my whole life.

— Jim Carrey

I would do anything to be anywhere in the vicinity of Eckhart Tolle.

— Jim Carrey

The dating process is not normal for me.

— Jim Carrey

I think projects find me. It’s really interesting. Everything I’ve done, from “The Truman Show,” the “Eternal Sunshine” to “Yes Man” and “Bruce Almighty,” always come into my life at the perfect time.

— Jim Carrey

I try to stay in decent shape always. I pride myself on staying at least a month away from really good shape.

— Jim Carrey

Movies find me, and I kind of just allow them to find me.

— Jim Carrey

I really have always thought of myself as somebody who lives in the middle of the wheel and is able to go to the extreme, to the outside of the wheel in any direction. The best case scenario for me is to be able to be centered and then go out.

— Jim Carrey

You can be zany and funny or you can do something that really has some depth to it and serious, so there’s many different colors to paint with. I would hate to get trapped in one little thing. I always feel like funny is an appendage, but it is not my whole body.

— Jim Carrey

I expected that most of my career would be in dramatic acting. My hero was James Dean.

— Jim Carrey

I just love to skate. When I put a skate on the ice, I’m free from the world, and I have no problems at all. I am a bird!

— Jim Carrey

The wonderful thing about digital process is that I can be cast in films that I would never be cast in. If I have it in my soul to play the character it doesn’t matter what my face looks like, or my age. It’s really liberating.

— Jim Carrey

I’m always trying to complicate things. For some reason I’ll go, “Well, maybe I can get that in,” and stuff like that. I always make it really hard for myself.

— Jim Carrey

The combination of what’s written and just being in the moment is always the best way. You gotta start out with something solid and then you play.

— Jim Carrey

Usually you regret the things you say no to.

— Jim Carrey

I just like being creative, whatever way I have to do it.

— Jim Carrey

I got paid a lot of money at one point so the focus became, for a lot of people, about that, but for me, it’s always been the same goal: To stop the world for people.

— Jim Carrey

There’s been a thoughtfulness to everything I do. Even the stupidest things I do have some kind of point.

— Jim Carrey

When you are a kid, you need to have something to do. This will keep you off the streets.

— Jim Carrey

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