Best Jim Carrey Quotes on Life, Love, Family and Acting

Jim Carrey has been one of the most successful actors in Hollywood for the past couple decades. He made his name by being funny, but has shown that he is a versatile actor that can play any kind of role. Jim Carrey's best quotes follow the same route. He has funny quotes. He has inspirational quotes. Then, he has serious ones that center around his thoughts on growing up, acting and how it has affected his personal life. Here are Jim Carrey's top ten best serious quotes.

Jim Carrey on his inspiration

"Before I do anything, I think, well what hasn't been seen. Sometimes, that turns out to be something ghastly and not fit for society. And sometimes that inspiration becomes something that's really worthwhile."

Quote on how his career has affected his personal life

"Creative people don't behave very well generally. If you're looking for examples of good relationships in show business, you're gonna be depressed real fast. I don't have time for anything else right now but work and my daughter. She's my first priority."

Jim Carrey on being shy

"I know this sounds strange, but as a kid, I was really shy. Painfully shy. The turning point was freshman year, when I was the biggest geek alive. No one, I mean no one, even talked to me."

Quote on breaking out from his shyness

"For some reason I did something where I realized I could get a reaction. That was when I broke out of my shell at school, because I really didn't have any friends or anything like that and I just kind of was going along, and then finally I did this zany thing, and all of a sudden I had tons of friends."

Jim Carrey on love

"I really want to love somebody. I do. I just don't know if it's possible forever and ever."

The greatest

"I want to be the greatest actor that ever lived, frankly. I'd love that. But I don't need to be. I just want to be here. That's it."

What's it like to live with Jim Carrey?

"I'm a hard guy to live with. I'm like a caged animal. I'm up all night walking around the living room. It's hard for me to come down from what I do."

Quote on fame

"My life is not unlike Truman's. I can't go anywhere."

Be original

"I try to do something the audience might not have seen before. Like if I'm gonna kiss a girl I wanna kiss her like a girl has never been kissed. Like maybe I would kick her legs out from under her and catch her right before she hits the ground and then kiss her."

On family

"We had problems like all families but we had a lot of love. I was extremely loved. We always felt we had each other."

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