Quotes by Jim Carrey

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

"You know, I live a monastic lifestyle. No, I do. I do live in extremes, basically. I go back and forth. Once every six months, I'll have a day where I eat more chocolate than has ever been consumed by a human being."

"I got a lot of support from my parents. That's the one thing I always appreciated. They didn't tell me I was being stupid; they told me I was being funny."

"I try to do something the audience might not have seen before. Like if I'm gonna kiss a girl I wanna kiss her like a girl has never been kissed. Like maybe I would kick her legs out from under her and catch her right before she hits the ground and then kiss her."

"Ya know what I do almost every day? I wash. Personal hygiene is part of the package with me."

"I praticed making faces in the mirror and it would drive my mother crazy. She used to scare me by saying that I was going to see the devil if I kept looking in the mirror. That fascinated me even more, of course."

"People need motivation to do anything. I don't think human beings learn anything without desperation."

"I really believe in the philosophy that you create your own universe. I'm just trying to create a good one for myself."

"It's hard for anybody who's been with me not to feel starved for affection when I'm making love to my ideas. Maybe it's not meant for me to settle down and be married."

"Originality is really important."

"My upbringing in Canada made me the person I am. I will always be proud to be a Canadian."

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

"I'm very serious about no alcohol, no drugs. Life is too beautiful."

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

"I'm the first to admit this whole salary thing is getting out of control. In the final analysis, it's still about the work."

"What I have in common with the character in 'Truman' is this incredible need to please people. I feel like I want to take care of everyone and I also feel this terrible guilt if I am unable to. And I have felt this way ever since all this success started."

"I feel like I want to take care of everyone and I also feel this terrible guilt if I am unable to. And I have felt this way ever since all this success started."

"Before I do anything, I think, well what hasn't been seen. Sometimes, that turns out to be something ghastly and not fit for society. And sometimes that inspiration becomes something that's really worthwhile."

"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."

"If you've got a talent, protect it."