“my father could have been a great

comedian but he didn’t believe that that was possible for

him, and so he made a conservative choice. instead, he

got a safe job as an accountant and when i was 12 years

old he was let go from that safe job, and our family had

to do whatever we could to survive. i learned many great

lessons from my father, not the least of which was that:

you can fail at what you don’t want. so you might as well

take a chance on doing what you love.”

- Jim Carrey