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.

Quote by Jim Carrey

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I refuse to feel guilty. I feel guilty about too much in my life but...

I refuse to feel guilty. I feel guilty about too much in my life but...

I'm so wrapped up in my work that it's often impossible to consider other things...

I'm so wrapped up in my work that it's often impossible to consider other things...

My mother was a professional sick person; she took a lot of pain pills. There...

My mother was a professional sick person; she took a lot of pain pills. There...

But, you know, you can't be a star at home.

But, you know, you can't be a star at home.

If I had never ventured beyond being a stand-up comic, then I would be sitting...

If I had never ventured beyond being a stand-up comic, then I would be sitting...

Green Eggs and Ham was the story of my life. I wouldn't eat a thing...

Green Eggs and Ham was the story of my life. I wouldn't eat a thing...

Originality is really important.

Originality is really important.

My life is not unlike Truman's. I can't go anywhere.

My life is not unlike Truman's. I can't go anywhere.

I haven't been as wild with my money as somebody like me might have been....

I haven't been as wild with my money as somebody like me might have been....

I love playing ego and insecurity combined.

I love playing ego and insecurity combined.

Creative people don't behave very well generally. If you're looking for examples of good relationships...

Creative people don't behave very well generally. If you're looking for examples of good relationships...

Ya know what I do almost every day? I wash. Personal hygiene is part of...

Ya know what I do almost every day? I wash. Personal hygiene is part of...

I try to do something the audience might not have seen before. Like if I'm...

I try to do something the audience might not have seen before. Like if I'm...

I'm a hard guy to live with. I'm like a caged animal. I'm up all...

I'm a hard guy to live with. I'm like a caged animal. I'm up all...

I just want to be myself.

I just want to be myself.

Desperation is a necessary ingredient to learning anything, or creating anything. Period. If you ain't...

Desperation is a necessary ingredient to learning anything, or creating anything. Period. If you ain't...

I need privacy. I would think that because what I do makes a lot of...

I need privacy. I would think that because what I do makes a lot of...

It's nice to finally get scripts offered to me that aren't the ones Tom Hanks...

It's nice to finally get scripts offered to me that aren't the ones Tom Hanks...

My dad was like a stage mother he always pushed me to do what I...

My dad was like a stage mother he always pushed me to do what I...

I praticed making faces in the mirror and it would drive my mother crazy. She...

I praticed making faces in the mirror and it would drive my mother crazy. She...