Jim Carrey Quotes About Comedy

Quotes about: Comedy

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

  Jim Carrey

  Funny, Fans, Recognition

• 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

  Family, Grandparent, Sandwiches

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

• Until Ace Ventura, no actor had considered talking through his ass.

  Jim Carrey

  Funny, Talking, Actors

  "Major in Success". Book by Patrick Combs and Jack Canfield, 2003.

• Comedy started out as my hobby and then it became my profession. It's like being on call all the time, like having a built-in beeper. You can't just leave the office and relax because you never know when you'll think of something funny.

  Jim Carrey

  Thinking, Office, Relax

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• I do whatever [comedies] I'm attracted to. It's like the woman who stands out in the crowd, who for some reason you notice, that's the one you're supposed to dance with at that time in your life. That's just what it is with scripts... they find you when you're emotionally in the right place to do them.

  Jim Carrey

  Crowds, Scripts, Comedy

  "Yes Man - Jim Carrey interview" by Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

• I have spiritual beliefs that I could literally go out and make an entire comedy routine about, and tour as some sort of spiritual guru, but it kind of goes against that [as] I actually believe the things, so I'm always kind of caught in the middle.

  Jim Carrey

  Spiritual, Believe, Routine

• My teacher in the seventh grade told me that if I didn't fool around during class, I could have 15 minutes at the end of the day to do a comedy routine. Instead of bugging everybody, I'd figure out my routine. And at the end of the day, I'd get to perform in front of my entire class. I thought it was really smart of her. It's amazing how important that was.

  Jim Carrey

  Teacher, Smart, Class

• comedy is a high form of art becaus it brings us more joy than anything else, practically but at the same time, it doesn't get a lot of respect. that's the sacrifice you make to do it.

  Jim Carrey

  Art, Sacrifice, Joy

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