“People need motivation to do anything. I don't think human beings lear...” — Jim Carrey Quote

“People need motivation to do anything. I don't think human beings learn anything without desperation.”

“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 absolutely want to have a career where you make'em laugh and make'em cry. It's all theater.”

“Ever since I started to get recognition I've picked out certain fans and reverse-stalked them.”

“What I have in common with the character in 'Truman' is this incredible need to please people. 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.”

“The money can be a hindrance to someone like me because the danger is that you start thinking, 'Is that a $20 million take?' That kind of thing, and being self-critical.”

“Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world.”

“Don't fight a battle if you don't gain anything by winning.”

“You have to show up in the World Cup, and in the World Cup anything can happen.”

“As a kid, I dreamt of becoming a writer. My most exciting pastime was reading novels; in fact, I would read anything I could find.”

“Making mistakes is a lot better than not doing anything.”

“I have no TV, thank God. I haven't heard anything about Tom Cruise, except that he had a baby, I think.”