Jim Carrey, a Canadian-American actor, comedian, and artist, was born on January 17, 1962. Carrey first rose to fame in 1990 after landing a part in the American sketch comedy television series In Living Color (1990–1994).
57 Jim Carrey Quotes
- “Don’t worry if you miss your cue, because there’s always doors opening. They keep opening.”
2. “Your need for acceptance can make you invisible in this world.”
3. “So many of us choose our path out of fear disguised as practicality.”
4. “It is better to risk starving to death then surrender. If you give up on your dreams, what’s left?”
5. “You can fail at what you don’t want, so you might as well take a chance on doing what you love.”
6. “It’s Better to Fail at What You Love Than Fail at What You Don’t.”
7. “I think everybody’s looking for something that they already have.”
8. “If you aren’t in the moment, you are either looking forward to uncertainty, or back to pain and regret.”
9. “Everything you gain in life will rot and fall apart, and all that will be left of you is what was in your heart.”
10. “Those times in life when you’re terrified are the mastery times.”
11. “I feel that we’re all lighthouses, and my job is to shine my light as brightly as I can to the darkness.”
12. “Thought is responsible for most, if not all of the suffering we experience.”
13. “Even those who are closest to you and most in love with you, the people you love most in the world will find clarity confronting at times.”If you give up on your dreams, what’s left?”
14. “I think everybody should get rich and famous and do everything they ever dreamed of so they can see that it’s not the answer.”
15. “Not hope, but Faith. I don’t believe in hope. Hope is a beggar.”
16. “I wake up some mornings and sit and have my coffee and look out at my garden, and i go, ‘Remember how good this is. Because you can lose it.”
17. “Behind every great man there is a woman rolling her eyes.”
18. “Risk being seen in all of your glory.”
19. “If you give up on your dreams, what’s left?”
20. “Your need for acceptance can make you invisible in this world. Don’t let anything stand in the way of the light that shines through this form. Risk being seen in all of your glory.”
21. “If you aren’t in the moment, you are either looking forward to uncertainty, or back to pain and regret.”
22. “My soul is not contained within the limits of my body; my body is contained within the limitlessness of my soul.”
23. “It’s our intention. Our intention is everything. Nothing happens on this planet without it. Not one single thing has ever been accomplished without intention.”
24. “The effect you have on others is the most valuable currency there is.”
25. “Our eyes are not viewers; they are also projectors that are running a second story over the picture that we see in front of us all the time. Fear is writing that script, and the working title is: ‘I’ll never be enough.’ I’m just making a conscious choice to perceive challenges as something beneficial so that I can deal with them in the most productive way.”
26. “I wanted my mother to realise that her life was worth something because she gave birth to someone who was worth something.”
27. “My focus is to forget the pain of life. Forget the pain, mock the pain, reduce it. And laugh.”
28. “Fear is going to be a player in your life, but you get to decide how much!”
29. “As far as I can tell, it’s just about letting the universe know what you want and then working toward it while letting go of how it comes to pass.”
30. “Life opens up opportunities to you, and you either take them or you stay afraid of taking them.”
31. “Relax and dream up a good life.”
32. “The purpose of art is to bring people into presence.”
33. “If done right, kidnapping can be a positive experience for everyone.”
34. “Shit my pants, see how long it takes them to notice.”
35. “I’m getting what I deserve. I’m reaping what I sow.”
36. “Your need for acceptance can make you invisible in this world. Don’t let anything stand in the way of the light that shines through this form. Risk being seen in all of your glory.”
37. “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.”
38. “Some people just aren’t cut out for life on the road.”
39. “You can fail at what you don’t want so you might as well take a chance on doing what you love.”
40. “ I tend to stay up late, not because I’m partying but because it’s the only time of the day when I’m alone and don’t have to be performing.”
41. “I can tell you from experience, the effect you have on others is the most valuable currency there is.”
42. “Compassion is the currency that leads to true wealth.”
43. “Just because I rock doesn’t mean I’m made of stone.”
44. “Take advantage of the opportunities that come around and have the courage to jump in.”
45. “Originality is really important.”
46. “For the most sensitive among us, the noise can be too much.”
47. “Life doesn’t happen to you, it happens for you.”
48. “Energy is what I believe all of us are. We’re just conscious awareness dancing for itself for no other reason but to stay amused.”
49. “Choose love and don’t ever let fear turn you away from your playful heart.”
50. “We had problems like all families but we had a lot of love. I was extremely loved. We always felt we had each other.”
51. “The truth will set you free.”
52. “You have to allow yourself to be seen, that’s the risk.”
53. “Maybe other people will try to limit me but I don’t limit myself.”
54. “As far as I can tell, it’s just about letting the universe know what you want and then working toward it while letting go of how it comes to pass.”
55. “My soul is not contained within the limits of my body; my body is contained within the limitlessness of my soul.”
56. “I want to be a positive force in the world, I would like to make people happy.”
57. “I realised that the purpose of my life had always been to free people from concern.”
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Carrey was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for Children in 2006. Carrey’s first book, a children’s story titled How Roland Rolls, was released in 2013 and received a Gelett Burgess Children’s Book Award. Carrey’s debut novel, Memoirs and Misinformation, was published in 2020, co-written with Dana Vachon.