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.

Quote by Jim Carrey

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I love playing ego and insecurity combined.

I love playing ego and insecurity combined.

I really want to love somebody. I do. I just don't know if it's possible...

I really want to love somebody. I do. I just don't know if it's possible...

I really want to love somebody. I do. I just don't know if it's possible...

I really want to love somebody. I do. I just don't know if it's possible...

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...

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...

My focus is to forget the pain of life. Forget the pain, mock the pain,...

My focus is to forget the pain of life. Forget the pain, mock the pain,...

There was a time when people said, 'Jim, if you keep on making faces, your...

There was a time when people said, 'Jim, if you keep on making faces, your...

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 don't care if people think I am an overactor, as long as they enjoy...

I don't care if people think I am an overactor, as long as they enjoy...

I want to be the greatest actor that ever lived, frankly. I'd love that. But...

I want to be the greatest actor that ever lived, frankly. I'd love that. But...

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

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

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...

If you've got a talent, protect it.

If you've got a talent, protect it.

My report card always said, 'Jim finishes first and then disrupts the other students'.

My report card always said, 'Jim finishes first and then disrupts the other students'.

Morgan Freeman is so class. He's so cool. He's so scary.

Morgan Freeman is so class. He's so cool. He's so scary.

I know this sounds strange, but as a kid, I was really shy. Painfully shy....

I know this sounds strange, but as a kid, I was really shy. Painfully shy....

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 got a lot of support from my parents. That's the one thing I always...

I got a lot of support from my parents. That's the one thing I always...

Before I do anything, I think, well what hasn't been seen. Sometimes, that turns out...

Before I do anything, I think, well what hasn't been seen. Sometimes, that turns out...

I wake up some mornings and sit and have my coffee and look out at...

I wake up some mornings and sit and have my coffee and look out at...