Jim Carrey
Jim Carrey
James Eugene "Jim" Carrey is a Canadian American actor, comedian, impressionist, screenwriter, and producer. He is known for his highly energetic slapstick performances...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth17 January 1962
CityNewmarket, Canada
CountryCanada
thinking las-vegas space
I don't know what happened to architecture [in Las-Vegas] I think they're getting us ready for space colonies or something, nobody puts a window in that you can crack.
play way just-being
The combination of what's written and just being in the moment is always the best way. You gotta start out with something solid and then you play.
kids needs streets
When you are a kid, you need to have something to do. This will keep you off the streets.
night careers flying
My career has been in a weird kind of like low-flying under the radar-kind of place. I never made it on "Saturday Night Live" where all my friends did.
regret believe people
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.
regret philosophy lines
I come from the philosophy of: "Whatever happens to me is the greatest thing that could happen, no matter what." Sometimes in the moment I have a regret, but then I have found myself every time down the line saying to myself: "I wouldn't be here if it weren't for that so called failure."
art people feel-good
What I do as an art form is try to make people feel good and if I do try to make them feel bad, it's for a reason. There's something I am trying to say.
acting world divine
Acting is divine dissatisfaction. It's the greatest thing in the world to do, but you are never satisfied with it ever.
people world want
I want to be a positive force in the world, I would like to make people happy.
crowds scripts comedy
I do whatever [comedies] I'm attracted to. It's like the woman who stands out in the crowd, who for some reason you notice, that's the one you're supposed to dance with at that time in your life. That's just what it is with scripts - they find you when you're emotionally in the right place to do them.
people important world
As far as I'm concerned, everything bad that happens in the world stems from the same place, they're people who don't feel important.
containers
I cannot be contained...bec ause I am the container
comedian arrogant kind
Magicians are definitely more arrogant. They're kind of like "Abra Kadabra, you're an idiot," they don't let you in on the joke. Comedians, you're always in on the joke unless it's Andy Kaufman.
want want-me audience
I've never been one to sit back and go, 'I'd better do what the audience wants me to do, because I don't want to lose them.'