If I had never ventured beyond being a stand-up comic, then I would be sitting in my house today working on my Leonardo DiCaprio impression.

Quote by Jim Carrey

Topics: Jim Carrey Quotes

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.

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 don't think human beings learn anything without desperation. Desperation is a necessary ingredient to...

I don't think human beings learn anything without desperation. Desperation is a necessary ingredient to...

Maybe there is no actual place called hell. Maybe hell is just having to listen...

Maybe there is no actual place called hell. Maybe hell is just having to listen...

I just want to be myself.

I just want to be myself.

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 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...

Life opens up opportunities to you, and you either take them or you stay afraid...

Life opens up opportunities to you, and you either take them or you stay afraid...

When the first big paycheque with 'Dumb And Dumber' hit, I went: 'Gosh, I wonder...

When the first big paycheque with 'Dumb And Dumber' hit, I went: 'Gosh, I wonder...

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'.

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 love playing ego and insecurity combined.

I love playing ego and insecurity combined.

Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes.

Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes.

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...

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.

If you aren't in the moment, you are either looking forward to uncertainty, or back...

If you aren't in the moment, you are either looking forward to uncertainty, or back...

A lot of good love can happen in ten years.

A lot of good love can happen in ten years.

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...

The purpose of morality is to teach you, not to suffer and die, but to...

The purpose of morality is to teach you, not to suffer and die, but to...

I've come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying the...

I've come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying the...