“I would always imitate him”: How Jim Carrey shaped Sebastian Stan into an actor
A comedic legend.
Ace Ventura
The movie Jim Carrey loathed making from start to finish: “He was at war with the director”
He had to grin and bear it.
Three beloved movies Roger Ebert hated with a passion: “Likely to be disturbing to small children”
Come on, Rog! What were you thinking?!
The co-star Jim Carrey fought tooth and nail to hire: “Whatever you’re hearing is bullshit”
“He’s the only leading man who ever did that for me.”
The role Jim Carrey would only reprise if Christopher Nolan directed: “Then I might listen”
This one is hard to imagine, but crazier things have happened.
Jim Carrey on refusing to play Ace Ventura again: “I can’t go back”
One of his most iconic characters.
10 pointless spin-offs to classic movies that should be deleted from history
What were they thinking?
How Anthony Hopkins found Hannibal Lecter’s kindred spirit in Ace Ventura: “Oh my god, that’s what I did”
Were Hannibal Lecter and Ace Ventura cut from the same animalistic cloth?
A meteoric rise: How Jim Carrey went from unknown to superstar in 10 months
A made man in less than a year.
The strange link between Hannibal Lecter and Ace Ventura
“We found out over dinner that our method was exactly the same.”
Jim Carrey picks the most “animated” performance of his career
“It doesn’t care what it is, and I think that gave people a certain feeling of freedom from reality.”