I want to be the greatest actor that ever lived, frankly. I'd love that. But I don't need to be. I just want to be here. That's it.

Quote by Jim Carrey

Topics: Jim Carrey Quotes

We had problems like all families but we had a lot of love. I was...

We had problems like all families but we had a lot of love. I was...

Originality is really important.

Originality is really important.

I'm the first to admit this whole salary thing is getting out of control. In...

I'm the first to admit this whole salary thing is getting out of control. In...

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 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 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...

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...

If you've got a talent, protect it.

If you've got a talent, protect it.

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,...

You know, I live a monastic lifestyle. No, I do. I do live in extremes,...

You know, I live a monastic lifestyle. No, I do. I do live in extremes,...

I've tried everything. I've done therapy, I've done colonics. I went to a psychic who...

I've tried everything. I've done therapy, I've done colonics. I went to a psychic who...

One thing I hope I'll never be is drunk with my own power. And anybody...

One thing I hope I'll never be is drunk with my own power. And anybody...

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.

That's the trouble with being me. At this point, nobody gives a damn what my...

That's the trouble with being me. At this point, nobody gives a damn what my...

Maybe other people will try to limit me but I don't limit myself.

Maybe other people will try to limit me but I don't limit myself.

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...

Ever since I started to get recognition I've picked out certain fans and reverse-stalked them.

Ever since I started to get recognition I've picked out certain fans and reverse-stalked them.

Life is an ordeal, albeit an exciting one, but I wouldn't trade it for the...

Life is an ordeal, albeit an exciting one, but I wouldn't trade it for the...