Jim Carrey quotes

“My life is not unlike Truman's. I can't go anywhere. ”

— Jim Carrey

“My report card always said, 'Jim finishes first and then disrupts the other students'. ”

— Jim Carrey

“My upbringing in Canada made me the person I am. I will always be proud to be a Canadian. ”

— 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

“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. ”

— Jim Carrey

“There was a time when people said, 'Jim, if you keep on making faces, your face will freeze like that.' Now they just say, 'Pay him!' ”

— Jim Carrey

“We had problems like all families but we had a lot of love. I was extremely loved. We always felt we had each other. ”

— Jim Carrey

“What I have in common with the character in 'Truman' is this incredible need to please people. I feel like I want to take care of everyone and I also feel this terrible guilt if I am unable to. And I have felt this way ever since all this success started. ”

— Jim Carrey

“When the first big paycheque with 'Dumb And Dumber' hit, I went: 'Gosh, I wonder if this will affect my performance. Will I do a take and think, was that worth $7 million?' But that never happened. If anything, it made me rebel against that thing when people who get rich start playing it safe. ”

— Jim Carrey