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
careers laughing want
I absolutely want to have a career where you make'em laugh and make'em cry. It's all theater.
ego insecurity
I love playing ego and insecurity combined.
life-and-death psychiatrist messiah
My psychiatrist says I have a messiah complex. But I forgave him.
pain character thinking
Most of the time I live with my pain. I have pain but I won't show it around. I think that's the nobility of the character. There's something noble in not spewing on people all the time about your problems. I'm the light guy, so I identified.
mother crazy mirrors
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.
sorry kids euthanasia
I wanted to be a veterinarian for about a week of my life when I was a kid. But I found out about the whole euthanasia thing and I said, I can't commit to that, sorry!
hundred miles
When I started out. I'd drive a hundred miles to do my act for free.
feelings consumed
The only thing that has ever consumed me is love from time to time. Feeling like, 'What is it? How do I get it?'
believe dont-believe beggar
Not hope, but Faith. I don't believe in hope. Hope is a beggar.
blessing track guy
I have been the guy who has everything but yet is so one-track minded about what I want, that I can't see my blessings.
real thinking special
Comedic actors can be looked at as a lower form because we have to put ourselves in a lower place than most of the audience. I think lofty emotions are somehow considered more special. The best stories in the world to me are the ones that elicit a real emotion, but have humour.
fun pain writing
It's always fun to do something that you know ultimately is not about the money, and it's certainly not the fame because it's a pain in the ass, but it's really the person in the seat you think about when you sit in the rooms and write, and you do all the things you have to do.
talking two aces
There are two thoughts that will ensure success in all you do; (1) Don't tell everything you know, and (2) until Ace Ventura, no actor had considered talking through his ass.
special littles vulnerable
I enjoy my life. The fame part of it freaked me out for a little while, and there are definitely times when it's not so great to be special and known by everybody - you know, when you're wearing the wrong thing, or just in a vulnerable place. But I'm good with my life now.