Quotes by Jim Carrey

"It is better to risk starving to death then surrender. If you give up on your dreams, what's left?"

"Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes."

"Desperation is a necessary ingredient to learning anything, or creating anything. Period. If you ain't desperate at some point, you ain't interesting."

"If you've got a talent, protect it."

"I haven't been as wild with my money as somebody like me might have been. I've been very safe, very conservative with investments. I don't blow money. I don't have a ton of houses. I know things can go away. I've already had that experience."

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

"I'm so wrapped up in my work that it's often impossible to consider other things in my life. My marriage ended in divorce because of this, my relationship with Holly has suffered by this."

"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."

"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."