Jim Carrey

Comedian

1962-01-17

Canadian and American comedian and actor known for films including Ace Ventura, The Mask, Dumb and Dumber, and The Truman Show. He is recognized for highly physical comedic performances and later dramatic roles.

Books by Jim Carrey

Memoirs and Misinformation
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How Roland rolls
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The 20th Birthday of the Comedy Store
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Quotes by Jim Carrey

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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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My mother was a professional sick person she took a lot of pain pills. There are many people like that. It's just how they are used to getting attention. I always remember she's the daughter of alcoholics who'd leave her alone at Christmas time.
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Life opens up opportunities to you, and you either take them or you stay afraid of taking them.
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My report card always said, 'Jim finishes first and then disrupts the other students'.
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If you've got a talent, protect it.
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A lot of good love can happen in ten years.
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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.
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It's nice to finally get scripts offered to me that aren't the ones Tom Hanks wipes his butt with.
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For some reason I did something where I realized I could get a reaction. That was when I broke out of my shell at school, because I really didn't have any friends or anything like that and I just kind of was going along, and then finally I did this zany thing, and all of a sudden I had tons of friends.
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My mother was a professional sick person; she took a lot of pain pills. There are many people like that. It's just how they are used to getting attention. I always remember she's the daughter of alcoholics who'd leave her alone at Christmas time.
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Life is an ordeal, albeit an exciting one, but I wouldn't trade it for the good old days of poverty and obscurity.
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I've tried everything. I've done therapy, I've done colonics. I went to a psychic who had me running around town buying pieces of ribbon to fill the colors in my aura. Did the Prozac thing.
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That's the trouble with being me. At this point, nobody gives a damn what my problem is. I could literally have a tumor on the side of my head and they'd be like, 'Yeah, big deal. I'd eat a tumor every morning for the kinda money you're pulling down.'
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I know this sounds strange, but as a kid, I was really shy. Painfully shy. The turning point was freshman year, when I was the biggest geek alive. No one, I mean no one, even talked to me.
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What I have in common with the character in 'Truman' is this incredible need to please people. 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.
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If you aren't in the moment, you are either looking forward to uncertainty, or back to pain and regret.
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My life is not unlike Truman's. I can't go anywhere.
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