52 Jim Carrey Quotes About Life (FUNNY)

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“You are ready and able to do beautiful things in this world, and as you walk through those doors today, you will only have two choices: love or fear. Choose love, and don’t ever let fear turn you against your playful heart.”
Jim Carrey

Desperation is a necessary ingredient to learning anything or creating anything. Period. If you ain’t desperate at some point, you ain’t interesting. — Desperation is a necessary ingredient to **learning** anything or creating anything. Period. If you ain’t desperate at some point, you ain’t interesting.

Life opens up opportunities to you, and you either take them or you stay afraid of taking them.

It is better to risk starving to death than surrender. If you give up on your dreams, what’s left? — It is better to risk starving to death than surrender. If you give up on your **dreams**, what’s left?

My focus is to forget the pain of life. Forget the pain, mock the pain, reduce it. And laugh. — My **focus** is to forget the pain of life. Forget the pain, mock the pain, reduce it. And laugh.

My soul is not contained within the limits of my body. My body is contained within the limitlessness of my soul.

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. — 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.

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. — 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.

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. — 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.

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.

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“So many of us choose our path out of fear disguised as practicality. What we really want seems impossibly out of reach so we never dare to ask the universe for it. I’m the proof that you can ask the universe for it.”
Jim Carrey

Maybe other people will try to limit me but I don't limit myself. — Maybe other people will try to limit me but I don’t limit myself.

People need motivation to do anything. I don’t think human beings learn anything without desperation. — People need **motivation** to do anything. I don’t think human beings **learn** anything without desperation.

I’m making a conscious choice to see challenges as beneficial so that I can deal with them in the most productive way.

Life is an ordeal, albeit an exciting one, but I wouldn't trade it for the good old days of poverty and obscurity. — Life is an ordeal, albeit an exciting one, but I wouldn’t trade it for the good old days of poverty and obscurity.

My upbringing in Canada made me the person I am. I will always be proud to be a Canadian.

I've arrived at the place if I'm not taking a career risk, I'm not happy. If I'm scared, then I know I'm being challenged. — I’ve arrived at the place if I’m not taking a **career** risk, I’m not happy. If I’m scared, then I know I’m being challenged.

I feel that we’re all lighthouses, and my job is to shine my light as brightly as I can to the darkness.

I want to be the greatest actor that ever lived, frankly. I'd love that. But I don't need to be. I just want to be here. That's it. — I want to be the greatest actor that ever lived, frankly. I’d love that. But I don’t need to be. I just want to be here. That’s it.

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. — 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.

The effect you have on others is the most valuable currency there is.

It’s better to fail at what you love than fail at what you don’t.

Life doesn't happen to you. It happens for you. — Life doesn’t happen to you. It happens *for* you.

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“You know, I live a monastic lifestyle. No, I do. I do live in extremes, basically. I go back and forth. Once every six months, I’ll have a day where I eat more chocolate than has ever been consumed by a human being.”
Jim Carrey

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. — 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.

If you aren't in the moment, you are either looking forward to uncertainty, or back to pain and regret. — If you aren’t in the moment, you are either looking forward to uncertainty, or back to pain and regret.

I'm very serious about no alcohol, no drugs. Life is too beautiful. — I’m very serious about no alcohol, no drugs. Life is too beautiful.

I don’t believe in hope. Hope is a beggar. Hope walks through the fire, faith leaps over it. — I don’t believe in **hope**. Hope is a beggar. Hope walks through the fire, **faith** leaps over it.

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. — 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.

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Either you’re the one erasing or you’re the one being erased.

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.' — 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.’

I really believe in the philosophy that you create your own universe. I’m just trying to create a good one for myself. — I really **believe** in the **philosophy** that you create your own universe. I’m just trying to create a good one for myself.

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. — 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.

There is a huge difference between a dog that is going to eat you in your mind and an actual dog that’s going to eat you.

I don't care if people think I am an overactor, as long as they enjoy what I do. People who think that would call Van Gogh an overpainter. — I don’t care if people think I am an overactor, as long as they enjoy what I do. People who think that would call **Van Gogh** an overpainter.

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. — 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.

You know the trouble with real life There's no danger music. — You know the trouble with real **life**? There’s no danger **music**.

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. — 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.

For the most sensitive among us, the noise can be too much.

4 Jim Carrey Quotes on Love

“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

A lot of good love can happen in ten years.

It's hard for anybody who's been with me not to feel starved for affection when I'm making love to my ideas. Maybe it's not meant for me to settle down and be married. — It’s hard for anybody who’s been with me not to feel starved for affection when I’m making love to my ideas. Maybe it’s not meant for me to settle down and be married.

I really want to love somebody. I do. I just don't know if it's possible forever and ever. — I really want to love somebody. I do. I just don’t know if it’s possible forever and ever.

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“I praticed making faces in the mirror and it would drive my mother crazy. She used to scare me by saying that I was going to see the devil if I kept looking in the mirror. That fascinated me even more, of course.”
Jim Carrey