It is better to risk starving to death then surrender. If you give up on your dreams, what's left?

Quote by Jim Carrey

Topics: Jim Carrey Quotes

The money can be a hindrance to someone like me because the danger is that...

The money can be a hindrance to someone like me because the danger is that...

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.

I've never been one to sit back and go, 'I'd better do what the audience...

I've never been one to sit back and go, 'I'd better do what the audience...

Some nights it was a melee, literally, where I'd be standing trying to defend myself...

Some nights it was a melee, literally, where I'd be standing trying to defend myself...

I tend to stay up late, not because I'm partying but because it's the only...

I tend to stay up late, not because I'm partying but because it's the only...

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...

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...

For some reason I did something where I realized I could get a reaction. That...

For some reason I did something where I realized I could get a reaction. That...

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'.

I don't make it in regular channels, and that's okay for me.

I don't make it in regular channels, and that's okay for me.

I love playing ego and insecurity combined.

I love playing ego and insecurity combined.

It was such a leap in my career when 'Truman Show' came along. It's always...

It was such a leap in my career when 'Truman Show' came along. It's always...

My family kinda hit the skids. We were experiencing poverty at that point. We all...

My family kinda hit the skids. We were experiencing poverty at that point. We all...

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...

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...

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...

It's hard for anybody who's been with me not to feel starved for affection when...

It's hard for anybody who's been with me not to feel starved for affection when...

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

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

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'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...