Every character is a baby. You can't choose between them. If you can, you didn't do your job. You have to fall in love with every character. Jim Carrey More Quotes by Jim Carrey More Quotes From Jim Carrey I can be your best friend or your worst enemy. You seem to prefer the latter. Jim Carrey worst-enemy witty funny My father used to brag that I wasn't a ham, I was the whole pig. Jim Carrey ham pigs father Psychologically, it's what I love to be. Tearing apart a person from the inside out. Jim Carrey tearing-apart persons Everybody expects the fairy tale - you're going to be together forever with somebody. I don't really subscribe to that. I'd love that to happen if that happened, but ten years is enough. Ten years is a good thing with somebody, I think. It's a nice thing. A lot of good love can happen in ten years. Jim Carrey good-love nice thinking I'm talkin' about a place where the beer flows like wine, where the women instinctively flock like the salmon of Capistrano. I'm talkin' about Aspen. Jim Carrey salmon wine beer 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." Jim Carrey lines regret philosophy I get excited when the people I work with scare me. I get excited when I'm surrounded by people who make me better and make me stay on my game and challenge me. Jim Carrey scare challenges people As far as I can tell, it's just about letting the universe know what you want and then working toward it while letting go of how it comes to pass. Jim Carrey knows want letting-go Some nights it was a melee, literally, where I'd be standing trying to defend myself for what I was doing. People would be screaming at me to do my old act, and getting actually violent and angry at me. Jim Carrey trying night people I'm not a bible thumper, I'm not any of that stuff, but I do believe that the force is with us. Jim Carrey bible-thumpers stuff believe There's been a thoughtfulness to everything I do. Even the stupidest things I do have some kind of point. Jim Carrey thoughtfulness stupidest kind Always turn your wheel in the direction of the skid. Jim Carrey turns wheels I started out performing as a little boy, I was trying to make my mother feel better and laugh because she was sick and in pain all the time. I found out that I had that power to relieve her. Jim Carrey pain feel-better mother Humor is not debatable. It's like sex. Either you're aroused or you're not. Nobody can reason you around to their point of view. Jim Carrey views reason sex I think projects find me. It's really interesting. Everything I've done, from "The Truman Show," the "Eternal Sunshine" to "Yes Man" and "Bruce Almighty," always come into my life at the perfect time. Jim Carrey sunshine men thinking Be grateful. Find something to be grateful for. Don't do too many things that make you feel like you deserve to lose because we do program our own computers. I believe there is a plus and a minus column and if you end up on the minus column, your own conscience will make you lose. Jim Carrey computer grateful believe Usually you regret the things you say no to. Jim Carrey regret Our love is like a red, red rose... and I am a little thorny. Jim Carrey our-love rose love-is Acting is divine dissatisfaction. It's the greatest thing in the world to do, but you are never satisfied with it ever. Jim Carrey acting divine world It's always good I think in general to have different energies on screen, like it's nice to have different characters go at different speeds, just like different people work at different speeds. Jim Carrey nice character thinking
