Quotes from Jim Carrey

Take a chance on faith - not religion, but faith. Not hope, but faith. I don't believe in hope. Hope is a beggar. Hope walks through the fire. Faith leaps over it.

I love the idea that 'a person is a person no matter how small'.

I need privacy. I would think that because what I do makes a lot of people happy that I might deserve a little bit of respect in return. Instead, the papers try to drag me off my pedestal.

You are the vanguard of knowledge and consciousness; a new wave in a vast ocean of possibilities.

Everything you gain in life will rot and fall apart, and all that will be left of you is what was in your heart.

Green Eggs and Ham was the story of my life. I wouldn't eat a thing when I was a kid, but Dr. Seuss inspired me to try cauliflower!

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!

Fear is going to be a player in your life, but you get to decide how much.

My focus is to forget the pain of life. Forget the pain, mock the pain, reduce it. And laugh.

I'm very serious about no alcohol, no drugs. Life is too beautiful.

My psychiatrist says I have a messiah complex. But I forgave him.

Life is an ordeal, albeit an exciting one, but I wouldn't trade it for the good old days of poverty and obscurity.

Flowers don't worry about how they're going to bloom. They just open up and turn toward the light and that makes them beautiful.

150 people die every year from being hit by falling coconuts. Not to worry, drug makers are developing a vaccine.

Constantly talking isn't necessarily communicating.

If you've got a talent, protect it.

I'm the first to admit this whole salary thing is getting out of control. In the final analysis, it's still about the work.

I challenge anybody in their darkest moment to write what they're grateful for, even stupid little things like green grass or a friendly conversation with somebody on the elevator. You start to realize how rich you are.

Isn't it cool when the days that are supposed to feel good, actually do?

My focus is to forget the pain of life. Forget the pain, mock the pain, reduce it. And laugh.

Life opens up opportunities to you, and you either take them or you stay afraid of taking them.

I tend to stay up late, not because I'm partying but because it's the only time of the day when I'm alone and don't have to be performing.

Maybe there is no actual place called hell. Maybe hell is just having to listen to our grandparents breathe through their noses when they're eating sandwiches.

I got a lot of support from my parents. That's the one thing I always appreciated. They didn't tell me I was being stupid they told me I was being funny.