Famous quotes by Actors

"Above all, film is a business... Independence is a really cool thing as you can be a bit more bold, and take a few more chances with what you do"

Mel Gibson, Actor

"Well, if you look at the whole story, I mean there's only Jews and Romans in the story. I mean, I just wanted to flesh that character out and make that a drama about the people around Christ when he was going through this passion"

Mel Gibson, Actor

"The Holy Ghost was working through me on this film, and I was just direction traffic"

Mel Gibson, Actor

"I'll always continue to work. I've never much depended on anyone but myself, as far as that goes"

Mel Gibson, Actor

"If I've still got my pants on in the second scene, I think they've sent me the wrong script"

Mel Gibson, Actor

"I'll tell you what I did need to learn was tolerance, and I think I've been actually given a daily opportunity to practice that, and it's - it's - and I know that that sounds almost like a backhanded slap, and it is in a way because I haven't been successful at it every day"

Mel Gibson, Actor

"Boot Camp was great and very interesting. You got to use live rounds of ammunition and got to do a lot of crawling around with live rounds flying around you, so you really had to learn to keep your ass down - everything down for that matter"

Mel Gibson, Actor

"What I need to do, to heal myself, and to be assuring, and allay the fears of others, and to heal them, if they had any heart wounds from something I may have said"

Mel Gibson, Actor

"And, hey, I'm not under the illusion that everything's just going to be hunky-dory work wise forever. I've never been under that illusion. Things could go away tomorrow"

Mel Gibson, Actor

"After about 20 years of marriage, I'm finally starting to scratch the surface of what women want. And I think the answer lies somewhere between conversation and chocolate"

Mel Gibson, Actor

"My dad was like a stage mother; he always pushed me to do what I wanted"

Jim Carrey, Actor

"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"

Jim Carrey, Actor

"My upbringing in Canada made me the person I am. I will always be proud to be a Canadian"

Jim Carrey, Actor

"If I had never ventured beyond being a stand-up comic, then I would be sitting in my house today working on my Leonardo DiCaprio impression"

Jim Carrey, Actor

"One thing I hope I'll never be is drunk with my own power. And anybody who says I am will never work in this town again"

Jim Carrey, Actor

"Originality is really important"

Jim Carrey, Actor

"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"

Jim Carrey, Actor

"My report card always said, 'Jim finishes first and then disrupts the other students'"

Jim Carrey, Actor

"My family kinda hit the skids. We were experiencing poverty at that point. We all got a job, where the whole family had to work as security guards and janitors. And I just got angry"

Jim Carrey, Actor

"I'm a hard guy to live with. I'm like a caged animal. I'm up all night walking around the living room. It's hard for me to come down from what I do"

Jim Carrey, Actor

"My focus is to forget the pain of life. Forget the pain, mock the pain, reduce it. And laugh"

Jim Carrey, Actor

"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"

Jim Carrey, Actor

"My mother was a professional sick person; she took a lot of pain pills. There are many people like that. It's just how they are used to getting attention. I always remember she's the daughter of alcoholics who'd leave her alone at Christmas time"

Jim Carrey, Actor

"If you aren't in the moment, you are either looking forward to uncertainty, or back to pain and regret"

Jim Carrey, Actor

"I've tried everything. I've done therapy, I've done colonics. I went to a psychic who had me running around town buying pieces of ribbon to fill the colors in my aura. Did the Prozac thing"

Jim Carrey, Actor

"I love playing ego and insecurity combined"

Jim Carrey, Actor

"I know this sounds strange, but as a kid, I was really shy. Painfully shy. The turning point was freshman year, when I was the biggest geek alive. No one, I mean no one, even talked to me"

Jim Carrey, Actor

"I just want to be myself"

Jim Carrey, Actor

"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"

Jim Carrey, Actor

"I got a lot of support from my parents. That's the one thing I always appreciated. They didn't tell me I was being stupid; they told me I was being funny"

Jim Carrey, Actor

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