Back in the day, Carrey-starring films like Dumb and Dumber, Liar Liar and The Truman Show were surefire box office hits, but his more recent films have been less .... read more
It’s not easy I’d think and I’m sure luck would have to play a huge part : ) read more
I once interview Peter Farrelly (of the directing duo with his brother Bobby), and he talked about what Carrey was like on the set of Me, Myself and Irene. He said that, like a lot of comics, he thought Jim had a strong bipolar streak (he used it as a descriptive term about behaviour, he wasn’t supposing Carrey had a mental illness). read more
While Carrey got plenty of acting work after 1999's Andy Kaufman biopic Man on the Moon, there were a few stories about his method acting for the film that could give any studio pause before hiring him. read more