33 Jim Carrey Quotes About Life and Fulfillment

I’ve admired Jim Carrey and his work for a long time now, especially whens he adds comedic value to films that are fairly inspirational and meaningful.

I’m talking about, of course, ‘Yes Man!’ and ‘Bruce Almighty’.

You can’t not love those two inspirational films.

Here are 33 awesome Jim Carrey quotes about life and fulfilment:

33 Jim Carrey Quotes

1. “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.” – Jim Carrey

2. “I wake up some mornings and sit and have my coffee and look out at my beautiful garden, and I go, ‘Remember how good this is. Because you can lose it.'” – Jim Carrey

3. “If you aren’t in the moment, you are either looking forward to uncertainty, or back to pain and regret.” – Jim Carrey

4. “Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes.” – Jim Carrey

5. “I really believe in the philosophy that you create your own universe. I’m just trying to create a good one for myself.” – Jim Carrey

6. “I just want to be myself.” – Jim Carrey

7. “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.” – Jim Carrey

8. “Desperation is a necessary ingredient to learning anything, or creating anything. Period. If you ain’t desperate at some point, you ain’t interesting.” – Jim Carrey

9. “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.” – Jim Carrey

10. “People need motivation to do anything. I don’t think human beings learn anything without desperation.” – Jim Carrey

11. “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

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12. “I think everyone should get rich and famous, and do everything that they ever dreamed of, so that they can see that it’s not the answer.” – Jim Carrey

13. “It is better to risk starving to death then surrender. If you give up on your dreams, what’s left?” – Jim Carrey

14. “Life opens up opportunities to you, and you either take them or you stay afraid of taking them.” – Jim Carrey

15. “Maybe other people will try to limit me but I don’t limit myself.” – Jim Carrey

16. “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

17. “Originality is really important.” – Jim Carrey

18. “Life doesn’t happen to you. It happens for you.” – Jim Carrey

19. “I have no limits. I cannot be contained because I am the container.” – Jim Carrey

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20. “You can fail at what you don’t want, so you might as well take a chance on doing what you love.” – Jim Carrey

21. “So many of us choose our path out of fear disguised as practicality. What we really want seems impossible out of reach and ridiculous to expect, so we never dare to ask the universe for it.” – Jim Carrey

22. “How will you serve the world? What do they need that your talent can provide? That’s all you have to figure out.” – Jim Carrey

23. “Fear is going to be a player in your life, but you get to decide how much.” – Jim Carrey

24. “You can spend your whole life imagining ghosts, worrying about your pathway to the future, but all there will ever be is what’s happening here, and the decisions we make in this moment, which are based in either love or fear.” – Jim Carrey

25. “Everything you gain in life will rot and fall apart, and all that will be left of you is what was in your heart.” – Jim Carrey

26. “It’s just about letting the universe know what you want and working towards it, while letting go of how it might come to pass.” – Jim Carrey

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“Your need for acceptance can make you invisible in this world.” – Jim Carrey

28. “Don’t let anything stand in the way of the light that shines through you. Risk being seen in all of your glory.” – Jim Carrey

29. “The peace that we’re after lies somewhere beyond personality, beyond the perception of others, beyond invention and disguise, even beyond effort itself.” – Jim Carrey

30. “I wished people could realize all of their dreams of wealth and fame so they could see that it’s not where you’ll find your sense of completion.” – Jim Carrey

31. “This is the voice of your ego. If you listen to it, there will always be someone who seems to be doing better than you.” – Jim Carrey

32. “My focus is to forget the pain of life. Forget the pain, mock the pain, reduce it. And laugh.” – Jim Carrey

33. “Beware of the unloved, because they will eventually hurt themselves… or others.” – Jim Carrey

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