James Eugene Carrey is a Canadian-American actor, comedian, writer, and artist. He is known for his energetic slapstick performances. Carrey first gained recognition in America in 1990 after landing a recurring role in the sketch comedy television series In Living Colo. These Jim Carrey quotes about money, love will motivate you.
Best Jim Carrey Quotes
- “Life opens up opportunities to you, and you either take them or you stay afraid of taking them.” ~ Jim Carrey
- “My soul is not contained within the limits of my body; my body is contained within the limitlessness of my soul.” ~ Jim Carrey
- “You are ready and able to do beautiful things in this world….you will only ever have two choices: love or fear. Choose love, and don’t ever let fear turn you against your playful heart.” ~ Jim Carrey
- “I think everybody should get rich and famous and do everything they ever dreamed of so they can see that it’s not the answer.” ~ Jim Carrey
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“Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes.” ~ Jim Carrey
- “Flowers don’t worry about how they’re going to bloom. They just open up & turn toward the light & that makes them beautiful.” ~ Jim Carrey
- “Everything you gain in life will rot and fall apart, and all that will be left of you is what was in your heart.” ~ Jim Carrey, Jim Carrey quotes on life
- “I wrote myself a check for ten million dollars for acting services rendered and dated it Thanksgiving 1995. I put it in my wallet and it deteriorated. And then, just before Thanksgiving 1995, I found out I was going to make ten million dollars for Dumb & Dumber. I put that check in the casket with my father because it was our dream together.” ~ Jim Carrey
- “Hope walks through the fire. Faith leaps over it.” ~ Jim Carrey
- “The effect you have on others is the most valuable currency there is.” ~ Jim Carrey
- “Take a chance on faith – not religion, but faith. Not hope, but faith. I don’t believe in hope. Hope is a beggar. Hope walks through the fire. Faith leaps over it.” ~ Jim Carrey
- “Our love is like a red, red rose… and I am a little thorny.” ~ Jim Carrey
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“You might as well take a chance on doing what you love.” ~ Jim Carrey
- “I discovered a new thing in the Lord’s Prayer that kind of hit me. “on earth as it is heaven” to me it means whatever you take out into the world is what you’re going to draw out. like those days when you’re all yang and no yin, and you’re fighting with people inside, and you can’t calm yourself down, and suddenly you’re pulled over by the cops. everything goes wrong in the same day because you created it. so, if you get heaven within you, it’ll be all around you. if hell is within you, it’ll be around you. it’s always created here first.” ~ Jim Carrey
- “I don’t believe in bad people. I believe that people, somewhere inside, have the potential to realize themselves.” ~ Jim Carrey
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“Compassion is the currency that leads to true wealth.” ~ Jim Carrey
- “So many of us choose our path out of fear disguised as practicality. What we really want seems impossibly out of reach and ridiculous to expect, so we never dare to ask the universe for it.” ~ Jim Carrey
- “I like challenges and I don’t believe in failure. I don’t believe in regrets. I believe suffering, failure – all those concepts – are things that are absolutely necessary to make us the best people that we can be, the best at whatever we want to do.” ~ Jim Carrey
- “So many of us choose our path out of fear disguised as practicality.” ~ Jim Carrey
- “You are ready and able to do beautiful things in this world.” ~ Jim Carrey
- “I’ve always believed that you can funnel good things toward yourself by thinking positively.” ~ Jim Carrey
- “If you give up on your dreams, what’s left?” ~ Jim Carrey
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“I wish everyone could experience being rich and famous, so they’d see it wasn’t the answer to anything.” ~ Jim Carrey
- “If you aren’t in the moment, you are either looking forward to uncertainty, or back to pain and regret.” ~ Jim Carrey
- “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.” ~ Jim Carrey Quotes
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“Fear is going to be a player in your life, but you get to decide how much.” ~ Jim Carrey
- “Madness is never that far away. It’s as close as saying yes to the wrong impulse.” ~ Jim Carrey
- “Like many of you, I was concerned about going out into the world and doing something bigger than myself. Until someone smarter than myself made me realize that there is nothing bigger than myself.” ~ Jim Carrey
- “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.” ~ Jim Carrey
- “150 people die every year from being hit by falling coconuts. Not to worry, drug makers are developing a vaccine.” ~ Jim Carrey Quotes
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“I have no limits! I cannot be contained because I’m the container.” ~ Jim Carrey
- “You know the trouble with real life? There’s no danger music.” ~ Jim Carrey
- “People need motivation to do anything. I don’t think human beings learn anything without desperation.” ~ Jim Carrey
- “I learned many great lessons from my father, not the least of which, was that you can fail at what you don’t want so you might as well take a chance on doing what you love” ~ Jim Carrey
- “To find real peace you have to let the armor go. Your need for acceptance can make you invisible in this world. Don’t let anything stand in the way of the light that shines through this form. Risk being seen in all of your glory.” ~ Jim Carrey
- “I learned many great lessons from my father, not the least of which, was that you can fail at what you don’t want so you might as well take a chance on doing what you love” ~ Jim Carrey
- “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.” ~ Jim Carrey
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“A better you means a better universe.” ~ Jim Carrey
- “There are peaks, there are valleys. But they’re all kind of carved and smoothed out, and it feels like a low level of despair you live in. Where you’re not getting any answers, but you’re living OK. And you can smile at the office. You know? But it’s a low level of despair. I was on Prozac for a long time. It may have helped me out of a jam for a little bit, but people stay on it forever. I had to get off at a certain point because I realized that, you know, everything’s just OK.” ~ Jim Carrey
- “The future is now! Soon every American home will integrate their television, phone, and computer. You’ll be able to visit the Louvre on one channel or watch female wrestling on another. You can do your shopping at home, or play Mortal Kombat with a friend from Vietnam. There’s no end to the possibilities!” ~ Jim Carrey
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“Usually you regret the things you say no to.” ~ Jim Carrey
- “I’ve often said that I wish people could realize all their dreams and wealth and fame so that they could see that it’s not where they’re gonna find their sense of completion. Like many of you, I was concerned about going out into the world and doing something bigger than myself, until someone smarter than myself made me realize that there is nothing bigger than myself. My soul is not contained within the limits of my body, my body is contained within the limitlessness of my soul.” ~ Jim Carrey
- “I would challenge anybody in their darkest moment to write what they’re grateful for, even stupid little things like the green grass that made them feel good, the friendly conversation they had with somebody on an elevator. You start to realize how rich you are.” ~ Jim Carrey
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“The purpose of art is to bring people into presence.” ~ Jim Carrey
- “Ever since I started to get the recognition I’ve picked out certain fans and reverse-stalked them.” ~ Jim Carrey
- “What’s yours? How will you serve the world? What do they need that your talent can provide? That’s all you have to figure out.” ~ Jim Carrey
- “I never thought I was finished when people said I was finished, or any of that stuff. I always had this undying belief that even if I was in a wheelchair and I could only move my finger, somehow I would become the guy who does the amazing thing with his finger.” ~ Jim Carrey
- “What’s yours? How will you serve the world? What do they need that your talent can provide? That’s all you have to figure out.” ~ Jim Carrey
- “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.” ~ Jim Carrey
- “I really believe in the philosophy that you create your own universe. I’m just trying to create a good one for myself.” ~ Jim Carrey
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“Until Ace Ventura, no actor had considered talking through his ass.” ~ Jim Carrey
- “I don’t hate you for loving you. I just hate my heart for choosing someone like you.” ~ Jim Carrey
- “Imagine if you could actually be that happy? That would be powerful, man. People would be tunneling under the street to avoid you. They’d go ‘Oh, man – is that happy guy still out there?'” ~ Jim Carrey
- “Any1 who would run out to buy an assault rifle after the Newtown massacre has very little left in their body or soul worth protecting. ;^” ~ Jim Carrey
- “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.'” ~ Jim Carrey
