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" I just want to be myself. "
Jim Carrey
Myself
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" 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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" My focus is to forget the pain of life. Forget the pain, mock the pain, reduce it. And laugh. "
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" It is better to risk starving to death then surrender. If you give up on your dreams, what's left? "
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" 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. "
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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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" Originality is really important. "
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" 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.' "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" I don't care if people think I am an overactor, as long as they enjoy what I do. People who think that would call Van Gogh an overpainter. "
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" If you aren't in the moment, you are either looking forward to uncertainty, or back to pain and regret. "
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" A lot of good love can happen in ten years. "
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Good
" I really believe in the philosophy that you create your own universe. I'm just trying to create a good one for myself. "
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Good
You
Believe
" 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. "
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" It's nice to finally get scripts offered to me that aren't the ones Tom Hanks wipes his butt with. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" Morgan Freeman is so class. He's so cool. He's so scary. "
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" Maybe other people will try to limit me but I don't limit myself. "
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" 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. "
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" Life opens up opportunities to you, and you either take them or you stay afraid of taking them. "
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" 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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" 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. "
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