Jim Carrey Quotes

I walked out of the show business in 1968 because I thought that would be good for the family. It took me some time to decide but I wanted to spend more time with my wife and two daughters who were always beside me. I wanted to do everything I could for them.

I've said my piece. My time now is entirely focused on family.

The secret is to make sure your family comes before anything else, because no matter what you do you've got to come home.

I want to be more successful as a mother than I am in show business.

I have my family, my children - I have a lot of outside activities.

I have a kid and a husband and my family, and it's important to live the real life. I don't want to offer my whole life to cinema. It's only cinema.

I'm happiest at home hanging out with the kids... Having a family has been my saving grace because I don't work back to back on anything or I'd drive myself to an early grave with guilt and worry for my family, whom I'd never see.

My day rotates around my family. I am very lucky.

My first priority is time with my family.

If I succeed in business but fail as a father, then I've failed.

I left wrestling to spend more time at home with family.

My kids are my priority, then my husband, then my life, then work.

If I am constantly working, my relationships fail. So at least now I can have enough time to write a happy record. And be in love and be happy.

My husband is my part of my greatest joys, so it doesn't feel like work or like I'm balancing anything. My husband and my kids absolutely come first, so work is just something where I figure out where it will fit.

When there is no job related stress, you are more aware of your mate and children, if you are a parent.

I think it is important for working moms to recognize that family is the most important.

I love watching old movies, reading and having some good meals. I have a very close group of friends and family. I try to spend time with the ones that I love and work as hard as possible.

My kids are more precious to me than anything. I'm with them all day, and I write all night.

I work a lot of hours, and in this business you really try to keep as busy as you possibly can. Sometimes when you really focus on kids in your free time you lose the husband and wife relationship to some degree. It's been a real focus for us to make sure we stay focused on us two.

Acting's not my whole life. My children definitely come first.

Because my business life is so busy, my home is really my sanctuary. That is where I reflect and spend quality time with my girls.

I've always said that kids should enhance your life, not hinder your life, so I just try to make the most out of being with my kids. You have to have a life for yourself somewhere in the mix of being a wife and mum.

Kids really take you out of yourself, and your priorities become really clear. With acting and the business, you don't really have priorities. You have no idea what each day or week's going to be like.

When I'm not working, my time is really about my children.

I don't have time for friends.