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Jim Carrey is a well-known actor, comedian, and screenwriter. He has appeared in such films as “The Truman Show” and “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” and many other comedy movies.
He was born on January 17th, 1962, in Newmarket, Ontario, to Irish-Canadian parents. His father worked for the Toronto Transit Commission, and his mother was a secretary at one of Canada’s largest banks.
As a child, Carrey loved to draw so much that he claims he would spend six hours drawing rather than going outside to play with his friends. He also loved watching comedians like Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton because he thought they were funny people who did great things with their life.
He has starred in more than 20 films that have grossed over $200 million each domestically. And He has a net worth of $180 million, and he received an Academy Award for the role in the movie ‘The Truman Show.’
Check out his quotes that will inspire you to live a better life by being true to yourself.
49 Inspiring Jim Carrey Quotes
“It’s Better to Fail at What You Love Than Fail at What You Don’t.”
“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?”
“Fear is going to be a player in your life, but you get to decide how much.”
“If you aren’t in the moment, you are either looking forward to uncertainty, or back to pain and regret.”
“Maybe other people will try to limit me but I don’t limit myself.”
“I love the idea that ‘a person is a person no matter how small’.”
“My focus is to forget the pain of life. Forget the pain, mock the pain, reduce it. And laugh.”
“I spent most of my time in my room staring at a mirror. I never knew I was supposed to socialize. I just spent hours making faces at myself, having a good time.”
“I have no limits. I cannot be contained because I am the container.”
“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.”
“People need motivation to do anything. I don’t think human beings learn anything without desperation.”
“Life doesn’t happen to you. It happens for you.”
“I’m making a conscious choice to see challenges as beneficial so that I can deal with them in the most productive way.”
“This is the voice of your ego. If you listen to it, there will always be someone who seems to be doing better than you.”
“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.”
“Originality is really important.”
“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.”
“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 believe in hope. Hope is a beggar. Hope walks through the fire, faith leaps over it.”
“I like challenges and I don’t believe in failure. I don’t believe in regrets. I believe suffering, failure – all those concepts – are things that are absolutely necessary to make us the best people that we can be, the best at whatever we want to do.”
“You might as well take a chance on doing what you love.”
“I really believe in the philosophy that you create your own universe. I’m just trying to create a good one for myself.”
“If you’ve got a talent, protect it.”
“Everything you gain in life will rot and fall apart, and all that will be left of you is what was in your heart.”
“Either you’re the one erasing or you’re the one being erased.”
“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.”
“You can spend your whole life imagining ghosts, worrying about your pathway to the future, but all there will ever be is what’s happening here, and the decisions we make in this moment, which are based in either love or fear.”
“Life is an ordeal, albeit an exciting one, but I wouldn’t trade it for the good old days of poverty and obscurity.”
“My soul is not contained within the limits of my body. My body is contained within the limitlessness of my soul.”
“Acting is divine dissatisfaction. It’s the greatest thing in the world to do, but you are never satisfied with it ever.”
“I never thought I was finished when people said I was finished, or any of that stuff. I always had this undying belief that even if I was in a wheelchair and I could only move my finger, somehow I would become the guy who does the amazing thing with his finger.”
“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 just want to be myself.”
“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.”
“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.
“Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes.”
“It’s just about letting the universe know what you want and working towards it, while letting go of how it might come to pass.”
“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.”
“Take a chance on faith. Not religion, but faith. Not hope, but faith. I don’t believe in hope. Hope is a beggar. Hope walks through the fire and Faith leaps over it.”
“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”
“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.”
“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’m making a conscious choice to see challenges as beneficial so that I can deal with them in the most productive way”
“How will you serve the world? What do they need that your talent can provide? That’s all you have to figure out.”
“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 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.”
“Desperation is a necessary ingredient to learning anything, or creating anything. Period. If you ain’t desperate at some point, you ain’t interesting.” “When you are a kid, you need to have something to do. This will keep you off the streets.”
