Jim Carrey Quotes

Desperation is a necessary ingredient to learning anything, or creating anything. Period. If you ain’t desperate at some point, you ain’t interesting.

You can fail at what you don’t want, so you might as well take a chance on doing what you love.

I know this sounds strange, but as a kid, I was really shy. Painfully shy. The turning point was freshman year, when I was the biggest geek alive. No one, I mean no one, even talked to me.

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

I don’t hate you for loving you. I just hate my heart for choosing someone like you.

I absolutely want to have a career where you make’em laugh and make’em cry. It’s all theater.

I refuse to feel guilty. I feel guilty about too much in my life but not about money. I went through periods when I had nothing, so somebody in my family has to get stinkin’ wealthy.

I think I could go away tomorrow. I’ve already accomplished something. It’s such a selfish business that sometimes I get sick of myself.

Originality is really important.

We had problems like all families but we had a lot of love. I was extremely loved. We always felt we had each other.

The effect you have on others is the most valuable currency there is.

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

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

I don’t think human beings learn anything without desperation. Desperation is a necessary ingredient to learning anything or creating anything. Period. If you ain’t desperate at some point, you ain’t interesting.