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I Don't Ever Want To Stick Myself In One Category. I Do Really Love Making Movies, But The Thing About Live Performances Is You Don't Have To Wait Around. Literally, We're Still Waiting To See What The Reaction Is To The Film, So It's A Slower Process. But It Is Enjoyable.

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I Don't Ever Want

Jim Carrey

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I Don't Ever Want To Stick Myself In One Category. I Do Really Love Making Movies, But The Thing About Live Performances Is You Don't Have To Wait Around. Literally, We're Still Waiting To See What The Reaction Is To The Film, So It's A Slower Process. But It Is Enjoyable.

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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.

So Many Of Us Choose Our Path Out Of Fear Disguised As Practicality. What We Really Want Seems Impossibly Out Of Reach And Ridiculous To Expect, So We Never Dare To Ask The Universe For It.

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.

My Life Is Not Unlike Truman's. I Can't Go Anywhere.

I'm Not A Bible Thumper, I'm Not Any Of That Stuff, But I Do Believe That The Force Is With Us.

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.

Christmas Was Really Where I Started Coming Into My Own As A Performer Because I Did All This Stuff On My Own, All This Performing On My Own. When Other Kids Were Outside Playing, I Was In My Room Conjuring Characters And Impressions And Things Like That.

I Think If We All Acted The Way We Felt, Four Out Of Eight People At A Dinner Table Would Be Sitting There Sobbing.

Life Is An Ordeal, Albeit An Exciting One, But I Wouldn't Trade It For The Good Old Days Of Poverty And Obscurity.

Kids Need To Know They're The Most Important Thing In The World To You, And If That Means Quitting Your Job To Prove It, Then You Have To Prove It.

Ya Know What I Do Almost Every Day? I Wash. Personal Hygiene Is Part Of The Package With Me.

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Life Doesn't Happen To You, It Happens For You.

I Absolutely Want To Have A Career Where You Make'em Laugh And Make'em Cry. It's All Theater.

I've Arrived At The Place If I'm Not Taking A Career Risk, I'm Not Happy. If I'm Scared, Then I Know I'm Being Challenged.

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.

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 Hope I'll Never Be Is Drunk With My Own Power.

One Man's Toxic Waste Is Another Man's Potpourri.

Come Back Here So That I May Brain Thee!

I Just May Laugh At Different Things Than Most People. I Laugh At Mistakes. I Laugh At How You Recover From Mistakes. I See When People Go Off Their Material And It's Actually Happening In Front Of You And That Kind Of Stuff Excites Me.

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