Jim Carrey Quotes: Inspiring Words from the Legendary Actor

Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes.

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’m the first to admit that I don’t take myself seriously, and you shouldn’t either.

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

You can fail at what you don’t want, so you might as well take a chance on doing what you love.

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

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.’

If you’ve got a talent, protect it.

You know, I have faith in people. I believe that people are good at heart.

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

I’m very happy with the way I look. I wake up some morning, catch myself in the bathroom mirror, and go, ‘hey, you’re alright’.

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

I usually go to bed and wake up in the morning with a smile on my face. I don’t dwell on things. Tomorrow’s a new day and I believe in letting bygones be bygones.

I just want to be myself.

I don’t believe in hope. Hope is a beggar. Hope walks through the fire. Faith leaps over it.

I base most of my fashion taste on what doesn’t itch.

If being crazy means living life as if it matters, then I don’t mind being completely insane.

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

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

Choose love and don’t ever let fear turn you against your playful heart.

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

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.

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

If you’ve got a talent, protect it.

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.

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

So many of us choose our path out of fear disguised as practicality.

Say yes more than you say no, and you’ll figure it out afterwards.

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.

Life doesn’t happen to you, it happens for you.

Your need for acceptance can make you invisible in this world.

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.

Our eyes are not viewers, but also projectors that are running a second story over the picture we see in front of us all the time. Fear is writing that script and the working title is ‘I’ll never be enough.’

Your vocation should be a career that excites you every day.

Our eyes are not viewers, but also projectors that are running a second story over the picture we see in front of us all the time. Fear is writing that script and the working title is ‘I’ll never be enough.’

If you’ve got a talent, protect it.

What if I told you that you could change the world with a single thought?

You can fail at what you don’t want, so you might as well take a chance on doing what you love.

I don’t want to be a good man; I want to be a great one.

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

I don’t believe in hope. Hope is a beggar. Hope walks through the fire. Faith leaps over it.

Your need for acceptance can make you invisible in this world.

I’m the first to admit that I don’t take myself seriously, and you shouldn’t either.

I always worried about staying relevant. You’re only relevant as long as you have new material.

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

Your vocation should be a career that excites you every day.

I base most of my fashion taste on what doesn’t itch.

I don’t believe in hope. Hope is a beggar. Hope walks through the fire. Faith leaps over it.

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