Quotes & Jokes by Jim Carrey / page 2
Life opens up opportunities to you, and you either take them or you stay afraid of taking them.
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.
Your request is not unlike your lower intestine, stinky and loaded with danger.
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!
If you aren't in the moment, you are either looking forward to uncertainty, or back to pain and regret.
The money can be a hindrance to someone like me because the danger is that you start thinking, "Is that a $20 million take?" That kind of thing, and being self-critical.
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.
People need motivation to do anything. I don't think human beings learn anything without desperation.
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.
I hope everybody could get rich and famous and will have everything they ever dreamed of, so they will know that its not the answer.
I really believe in the philosophy that you create your own universe. I'm just trying to create a good one for myself.