I don't make it in regular channels, and that's okay for me. Jim Carrey More Quotes by Jim Carrey More Quotes From Jim Carrey It's exhausting I think to just say really yes to everything for real, even if you do it for a day. Jim Carrey exhaustingrealthinking I just like being creative, whatever way I have to do it. Jim Carrey be-creativecreativeway It's always fun to do something that you know ultimately is not about the money, and it's certainly not for the fame - because it's a pain in the ass. But it's really the person in the theater seat you think about when you sit in a room and write. Jim Carrey painwritingfun I love stories about teachers. For some reason I can't get enough of those kind of stories. If I turn a movie on about a teacher, I love it. I love that idea of an adult influence on kids. Jim Carrey teacherkidsideas 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. Jim Carrey flyingcareersnight I think it's important never to look a gift horse in the mouth, never to overlook your talents [and] what you're good at. Jim Carrey horseimportantthinking My social life goes in bursts, where I get like, "Oh, I gotta get out and do something, man, I gotta do something." And I'll plan a trip and go on a motorcycle trip down the Baja Peninsula for 900 miles and I'll hang out with my friends for like a month, and then they'll never see me for two months or three months or whatever, and I won't answer any calls. Jim Carrey motorcyclementwo I don't think I'm ever going to have the kind of life or schedule that I can really have a steady way of doing things. Jim Carrey scheduleswaythinking The exit from agony is always there. The tunnel out of the agony sector is always in front of you and yet you don't take it. You don't take it by choice. You want to indulge a lot and be in pain. The easiest way out is to write a list of what you're grateful for. If everybody literally did that before they went to bed at night, there'd be no unhappy people. Jim Carrey gratefulpainwriting I'm not always looking for the laugh. I'm not the guy who sits in and listens to conversations and wants to jump in with something hilarious every two seconds. I actually do listen to people. Jim Carrey laughingtwopeople I love acting. I love play-acting. I love pretending. I love telling stories so whether they be comedic or serious or whatever, it doesn't really matter to me. I enjoy telling a good story. I have it all in me. Jim Carrey actingstoriesplay I'm not in a recession. I'm doing very, very well. I'm doing incredibly well. I just want to be honest. I really am kicking ass. Jim Carrey kickinghonestwant I have spiritual beliefs that I could literally go out and make an entire comedy routine about, and tour as some sort of spiritual guru, but it kind of goes against that [as] I actually believe the things, so I'm always kind of caught in the middle. Jim Carrey routinespiritualbelieve My spiritual journey has been a good kind of thing I've been on. I guess some people would say I'm obsessed with it, but in a really good way. It's just enjoyable. I don't really have crazy obsessions about things. Jim Carrey crazyjourneyspiritual I think obsessions happen because you're trying to understand something or some urge. Jim Carrey obsessiontryingthinking I try to stay in decent shape always. I pride myself on staying at least a month away from really good shape. Jim Carrey shapespridetrying Movies find me, and I kind of just allow them to find me. Jim Carrey find-mekind I really have always thought of myself as somebody who lives in the middle of the wheel and is able to go to the extreme, to the outside of the wheel in any direction. The best case scenario for me is to be able to be centered and then go out. Jim Carrey middlewheelsable You can be zany and funny or you can do something that really has some depth to it and serious, so there's many different colors to paint with. I would hate to get trapped in one little thing. I always feel like funny is an appendage, but it is not my whole body. Jim Carrey colorhatedepth I just love to skate. When I put a skate on the ice, I'm free from the world, and I have no problems at all. I am a bird! Jim Carrey icebirdworld
