I said yes to so many things, from a sex change to gastric by-pass surgery, so it's always paid off for me. Jim Carrey More Quotes by Jim Carrey More Quotes From Jim Carrey Like most Catholic boys, I wanted to be Jesus Christ. I could never get the turn-the-other-cheek thing down, though. Jim Carrey catholic boys jesus 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. Jim Carrey crazy mirrors mother Don't worry if you miss your cue, because there's always doors opening. They keep opening. Jim Carrey missing worry doors I was on Prozac for a long time. It may have helped me out of a jam for a little bit, but people stay on it forever. Jim Carrey depression long people When I started to realise how important the film was to people I thought there is a lot of negative stuff going on in the world, maybe they need these two people Jim Carrey important two people I don't care if people think I am an overactor, as long as they enjoy what I do. People who think that would call Van Gogh an overpainter. Jim Carrey long people thinking All i want to make sure of is that she's doing something she loves. watch your kids when they sit down and absolutely get lost in something. maybe that's what they should be doing-the thing they're dying to do all the time. Jim Carrey dying watches kids 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! Jim Carrey week sorry kids If I had never ventured beyond being a stand-up comic, then I would be sitting in my house today working on my Leonardo DiCaprio impression. Jim Carrey sitting would-be house I think I could go away tomorrow. I've already accomplished something. It's such a selfish business that sometimes I get sick of myself. Jim Carrey selfish sick thinking The character is what trips you up - the thing of, "I'm going to get so dark in this character that I'm going to get lost in a character." You can't get lost in a character. You can only think you're lost in a character. Jim Carrey dark character thinking I think that there's a natural attraction to enigmatic characters, people that have decided to make a decision in their lives to live differently than everyone else. That's a very attractive quality that also happens to be good for filmmaking, people that have their own point of view and aren't looking at things the same way as everyone else. Jim Carrey character people thinking Movies are great, but the real romance happens right here somewhere as real close-up. Either you're the one erasing or you're the one being erased, so... It's not a pleasant feeling! Jim Carrey romance real feelings I spent most of my time in my room staring at a mirror. I never knew I was supposed to socialize. I just spent hours making faces at myself, having a good time. Jim Carrey mirrors faces rooms Comedy started out as my hobby and then it became my profession. It's like being on call all the time, like having a built-in beeper. You can't just leave the office and relax because you never know when you'll think of something funny. Jim Carrey relax office thinking 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. Jim Carrey arrogant idiot comedian The highs and lows of show business is a rollercoaster for sure. There's so many highs, there's just moments of your life where you go, "Wow I can't believe how insanely lucky I am," and then you can turn around and the next moment feel so completely caught up in your own wanting, and desiring, and needing and feel like somehow you're missing something. It's just higher the high, the lower the low. Jim Carrey lucky missing believe 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. Jim Carrey vegas space thinking I expected that most of my career would be in dramatic acting. My hero was James Dean. Jim Carrey careers acting hero 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. Jim Carrey just-being play way
