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“Communication, hardest thing in the world.”
Jim Carrey's Unnatural Act (1991)
Kontext: Communication, hardest thing in the world. Y'know, I can look at you guys, I can communicate to you all night, but, one-on-one, I'm terrible. It's just, there's certain things about communicating that really bother me. Like whenever I meet somebody new I say, "Hi! How are you!" Most of the time when people hear that they'll say, "Good! And yourself?", or "Fine! Thank you very much!" But sometimes they like to surprise you, "I've got no dream, man! I'm all dead inside!"
Jim Carrey's Unnatural Act (1991)
Kontext: Imagine if you could actually be that happy? That would be powerful, man. People would be tunneling under the street to avoid you. They'd go "Oh, man — is that happy guy still out there?
“We have to say yes to socialism”
to the word and everything [...] Medicare for all, ending student debt, a different approach to the war on terror, ending mass incarceration.
Jim Carrey says "stop apologizing" and "say yes to socialism" http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2018/09/10/jim-carrey-says-stop-apologizing-and-say-yes-to-socialism.html (September 2018)
“I like people. They're entertaining. I just may laugh at different things than most people.”
As quoted in An Interview with Jim Carrey: We talk to the comedy mastermind about his most reserved performance http://movies.ign.com/articles/498/498545p1.html by Jeff Otto IGN (12 March 2004)
Kontext: I like people. They're entertaining. I just may laugh at different things than most people. I laugh at mistakes. I laugh at how you recover from mistakes.
“The best stories in the world to me are the ones that elicit a real emotion, but have humour.”
As quoted in This much I know: Jim Carrey, actor, 46, Los Angeles http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2008/oct/19/jim-carrey-interview by Tony Horkins in The Observer (19 October 2008)
Kontext: Comedic actors can be looked at as a lower form because we have to put ourselves in a lower place than most of the audience. I think lofty emotions are somehow considered more special. The best stories in the world to me are the ones that elicit a real emotion, but have humour.
you know kind of thing. I think people understand I can turn that switch on but I'm also a sensitive, normal human being with feelings and I know how to express those too.
Fun with Dick & Jane: An Interview with Jim Carrey http://www.blackfilm.com/20051216/features/jimcarrey.shtml by Wilson Morales in Features, BlackFilm.com (December 2005)
“Madness is never that far away. It's as close as saying yes to the wrong impulse.”
Jim Carrey's Unnatural Act (1991)
Kontext: Madness is never that far away. It's as close as saying yes to the wrong impulse. The people who stay sane are the people who can make those quick decisions: "Should I stick my fingers into the fan, or leave the room right now?
"Should I run the blade of this razor across my tongue, or just finish shaving and move away from the sink?"
But you don't because luckily most of us have that little voice inside our head that says, "Uh uh uh, turning the car into oncoming traffic... is counterproductive!"
Carrey: 'Life Is Too Beautiful': Star Talks About Bouts With Depression And His Spirituality http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/11/18/60minutes/main656547.shtml 60 Minutes (21 November 2004)
“I wish I could do some really weird stuff for you guys, you know?”
After a stint of hyperactive gymnastic antics upon the stage.
Jim Carrey's Unnatural Act (1991)
Jim Carrey's Unnatural Act (1991)
As quoted in Jim Carrey: Bruce Almighty http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2003/06/16/jim_carrey_bruce_almighty_interview.shtml by Stella Papamichael, at BBC (16 June 2003)
In Living Color
Jim Carrey: Feedback on Sonic was helpful https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87DdXoj_wJs (February 2020)
Zdroj: Podcast TIFF Long Take
