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" 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. "

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" I've arrived at the place if I'm not taking a career risk, I'm not happy. If I'm scared, then I know I'm being challenged. "

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Place

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

" One thing I hope I'll never be is drunk with my own power. And anybody who says I am will never work in this town again. "

" I love playing ego and insecurity combined. "

" When the first big paycheque with 'Dumb And Dumber' hit, I went: 'Gosh, I wonder if this will affect my performance. Will I do a take and think, was that worth $7 million?' But that never happened. If anything, it made me rebel against that thing when people who get rich start playing it safe. "

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

" Green Eggs and Ham was the story of my life. I wouldn't eat a thing when I was a kid, but Dr. Seuss inspired me to try cauliflower! "

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

" My dad was like a stage mother he always pushed me to do what I wanted. "

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Always

" 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. "

" My report card always said, 'Jim finishes first and then disrupts the other students'. "

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

" I'm a hard guy to live with. I'm like a caged animal. I'm up all night walking around the living room. It's hard for me to come down from what I do. "

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Living

Live

" There was a time when people said, 'Jim, if you keep on making faces, your face will freeze like that.' Now they just say, 'Pay him!' "

" 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. "

" Originality is really important. "

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

" 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. "

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

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Love

Lot

" I wake up some mornings and sit and have my coffee and look out at my beautiful garden, and I go, 'Remember how good this is. Because you can lose it.' "

" It was such a leap in my career when 'Truman Show' came along. It's always been a long process for me insofar as recognition goes, but that's OK because you appreciate it when it comes. "

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Process

Long

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

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Make

Okay

" I haven't been as wild with my money as somebody like me might have been. I've been very safe, very conservative with investments. I don't blow money. I don't have a ton of houses. I know things can go away. I've already had that experience. "

" Creative people don't behave very well generally. If you're looking for examples of good relationships in show business, you're gonna be depressed real fast. I don't have time for anything else right now but work and my daughter. She's my first priority. "

" My life is not unlike Truman's. I can't go anywhere. "

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Life

Anywhere

" 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. "

Jim Carrey

Ideas

Love

" I've tried everything. I've done therapy, I've done colonics. I went to a psychic who had me running around town buying pieces of ribbon to fill the colors in my aura. Did the Prozac thing. "

" 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. "

" I used to draw a lot. If my mother would ask me to do something else, I'd have a hairy conniption. I'd just go crazy. "

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