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\nBehind the king of comedy Jim Carrey has been one of the most famous and talented actors in Hollywood. Considered a gifted entertainer, Carrey\u2019s journey is a classic story of \u201crags to riches\u201d. He grew up in Ontario, Canada, to a working-class family, and had experienced with impressions and comedy from a very young age. Carrey\u2019s family had suffered major turmoils during his adolescence, as his father lost his job. As as result, they were forced to live in a van for a time, before they gradually came back on their feet. Due to their situation, Carrey eventually had to leave school and to work full-time as a janitor, along with his siblings, in order to support his family.
\nCarrey was cast in a few TV movies and shows, before landing a part at the comedy show \u201cIn Living Color\u201d in 1990, which propelled his status. Shortly afterwards, he rose to mainstream success on the big screen and has become one of the most-successful comic actors in Hollywood. But here’s the full story.
\n[post_page_title]Self-fulfilled prophecy[\/post_page_title]
\nIn 1985, Carrey was starting to make a name for himself in show business, but still dreamt of becoming famous. One night, after overlooking Los-Angeles while sitting in his car by the Hollywood hills, He wrote a cashier\u2019s check for himself. The check was Postdated 10 years later, for $10 million dollars.
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\nHis wish became true, as Carrey went on to become a huge star, and ten years later\u00a0he already had string of block-buster movies such as The Mask, Ace Ventura : Pet Detective and Dumb and Dumber. Carrey’s hard work had paid off, and he was eventually able to cash out his old check.
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\n[post_page_title]Method man[\/post_page_title]
\nWe all heard about those Hollywood actors that use method acting to the extreme, in order to portray certain characters in a film. Jim Carrey is also on that list. While filming 1999\u2019s “Man on the Moon”, his co-star Paul Giamatti said that Carrey took method acting to a whole new level.
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\nAccording to him, his portrayal of the comedian Andy Kaufman was so similar it was creepy. Carrey smelled horrible, he began hugging people all the time and forced them to shake his hands. Carrey also stayed in character for the entire filming and insisted the cast and crew call him Andy and not his real name.
\n[post_page_title]Winning awards[\/post_page_title]
\nThroughout his time in Hollywood, Carrey gained appreciation as a gifted and talented actor.
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\nThe Canadian star was nominated six times for the golden globe awards, and he won twice – for best actor in a drama film for \u201cThe Truman Show\u201d in 1998 and in a Comedy\/Musical for \u201cMan on the Moon\u201d in 1999. He also won a substantial number of different awards, but has yet to earn any nomination for the oscars.
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\n[post_page_title]Friendship with Tupac[\/post_page_title]
\nDuring Tupac Shakur\u2019s imprisonment in the 1990\u2019s, Carrey and the famous rapper and actor became good friends. The Canadian star began writing letters to Shakur while he was incarcerated.
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\nWhen asked, Carrey responded that it was in order to lift Shakur\u2019s spirit and to make him smile and laugh. The late rapper said afterwards that Carrey was one of his favorite actors.
\n[post_page_title]All work and no play[\/post_page_title]
\nDuring the shooting of \u201cDumb and Dumber\u201d, The Canadian Comedian reportedly stayed one time in the famous room 217 of the Stanley Hotel. It was the same room that was used in the Stanley Kubrick\u2019s horror movie \u201cThe Shining\u201d (based on the novel by Stephen King).
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\nAccording to people on the set, Carrey ran away from the room after 3 hours and left the hotel. Until this day, he refuses to tell anyone why and he vowed never to go back there again.
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\n[post_page_title]The golden year[\/post_page_title]
\n1994 is considered as the breakthrough year in Jim Carrey\u2019s film career. He had three consecutively successful movies and also became the first actor to have all his films at #1 in box office in one year (1994): \u201cThe Mask\u201d, \u201cAce Ventura – Pet Detective\u201d, and \u201cDumb and Dumber.\u201d
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\nInitially, the Film\u2019s producers offered Carrey $700,000 to appear in the latter. Following the enormous success of Ace Ventura, who debuted at number 1 in the US box office that same week, his salary jumped to $7 million – half of the film\u2019s budget.
\n[post_page_title]Beginner’s luck[\/post_page_title]
\nAfter arriving to Los Angeles in 1979, Carrey began to perform regularly at the well-known Comedy Store, hoping to find larger audience.
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\nHis shows were well received, and he managed to impress the famous comedian Rodney Dangerfield, who took Carrey under his wing as a protege. Dangerfield immediately brought him to be the opening act in his tour, an act which propelled Carrey\u2019s career in the US.
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\n[post_page_title]Stand against vaccinations[\/post_page_title]
\nAfter he began his relationship with model and actress Jenny McCarthy, The Canadian actor also began adopting her world view regarding vaccines and their impact.
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\nMcCarthy is widely known for being a leading spokesperson of the United States Anti-Vaccines Movement, as she believes that it was vaccines that gave her son Autism. Following her trail, Carrey began expressing similar views in the press and on his personal twitter, and remained so even after their separation a few years later.
\n[post_page_title]Mean tweets[\/post_page_title]
\nThe whole world was in shock, when papers announced that the famous golfer Tiger Woods was unfaithful to his Swedish supermodel wife, Elin Nordegren. However, Support for Woods had came from an unexpected direction when Carrey wrote about the affair in his personal Twitter.
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\nTo everyone\u2019s amazement, Carrey actually blamed wood\u2019s wife for not exposing his infidelity sooner, and claimed that she may have knew about it beforehand. Both tweets caused a major backlash against the actor.
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\n[post_page_title]Major studio failure[\/post_page_title]
\nAfter his continuing success in 1995 with the highly-grossing \u201cBatman Forever\u201d and and sequel to the Ace Ventura movie \u201cWhen Nature Calls\u201d, Carrey was casted as the titular character in the 1996 movie \u201cCable Guy\u201d.
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\nFor that movie, Carrey had set a record in Hollywood for receiving a payment of $20 million U.S dollars, which was considered the highest salary for a comic actor at that time. However, this dark comedy was considered a studio flop, grossing less than $100 Million dollars and receiving negative reviews from critics.
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\n[post_page_title]A big crossover[\/post_page_title]
\nAlthough he always possessed a pure talent for comedy, and was a rare comic actor with some quirky characters, Many were surprised when the actor decided to crossover to the drama genre in the late 1990\u2019s.
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\nCarrey took a major risk as he chose to play the leading role in the Drama \u201cThe Truman Show\u201d in 1998. Following that movie, Carrey slowly began to gain recognition and praise for his portrayal of dramatic roles in movies such as \u201cMan on the Moon\u201d and \u201cEternal sunshine of the spotless mind\u201d.
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\n[post_page_title]Motorcycle incident[\/post_page_title]
\nCarrey reportedly bought himself a Harley Davidson Motorcycle, and chose a vanity licence plate for it which humoredly said \u201cNO TAG\u201d. However, the licence plate eventually caused him trouble due to the fact that he began receiving traffic tickets in his mail, even though they were meant for other people.
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\nApparently, police officers would write \u201cno tag\u201d when filling out a ticket to offending vehicles that did not had a license plate. As a result, the comment was interpreted as the citizen\u2019s actual license plate number, and the ticket was mailed to Carrey.
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\n[post_page_title]Road to stardom[\/post_page_title]
\nCarrey refused to give up after his initial failure in films and Television. He appeared in a Sci-fi comedy called \u201cEarth Girls Are Easy\u201d alongside 80\u2019s stars such as Geena Davis and Jeff Goldblum. On the set he also met Damon Wayans, who became a good friend of Carrey and eventually convinced his brother to include Carrey in the comedy show \u201cIn Living Color\u201d.
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\nCarrey became a known cast member during the series\u2019s four-year run, where he portrayed some of the memorable characters on the show and became famous for his wacky, outrageous acts. Carrey successfully attracted the audience\u2019s attention, which eventually garnered him the comedy special \u201cJim Carrey Unnatural Act\u201d in 1991, and leading role in the hit movie \u201cAce Ventura : Pet Detective\u201d in 1994.
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\n[post_page_title]Comic relief[\/post_page_title]
\nJim Carrey said that as a kid he used to wear dancing shoes before going to bed. He explained that this was due to the fact that his parents frequently asked him to perform for them in the middle of the night.
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\nCarrey said that it was due to his mother\u2019s illness, as he wanted to cheer her up and to make her feel better. He said that he used to act exaggeratedly and to do all kinds of impressions to make her laugh.
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\n[post_page_title]No match for Johnny[\/post_page_title]
\nThe studios in Hollywood had seriously considered the Canadian actor to play the role of Willy Wonka In Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean : The Curse of the Black Pearl.
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\nAlthough Carrey was a major candidate for these two leading roles, he eventually didn\u2019t got neither of them. Both of them went in the end to Johnny Depp, highly contributing to his career and ongoing fame.
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\n[post_page_title]Walking in his footsteps[\/post_page_title]
\nIn various occasions, Jim Carrey spoke about his relationship with his father. Carry said that his father was a musician, who needed to get a \u2018regular\u2019 job in order to support his family.
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\nHe mentioned that his father helped him with his comedy act, and used to drive him to downtown Toronto to perform. Carrey also inherited his father\u2019s passion for music and sang in few of his movies, including \u201cThe Mask\u201d and \u201cHow the Grinch Stole Christmas\u201d.
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\n[post_page_title]Hard times[\/post_page_title]
\nSince the beginning of theater in ancient Greece, Comedy and Tragedy were always going together hand in hand. It is known that many comedians in Hollywood often Experience\u00a0and battle depression in their lifetime, and Carrey is no different.
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\nCarrey once stated that he was using Prozac for a time, but also added that he has been off any kind of medication since then, and he do not even drink coffee.
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\n[post_page_title]New York scandal[\/post_page_title]
\nIn 2011, Carrey found himself in trouble with the NYPD, as he was involved in\u00a0a vandalism scandal.
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\nApparently, the actor became obsessed with spray painting the word \u201cBaba\u201d on the outside of his art studio, located in New York\u2019s West Village. Carrey claimed that \u201cBaba\u201d was deity that lives in negative space and his purpose is to\u00a0cause havoc and trouble. When city representatives tried to cover it, he just sprayed a graffiti on it again.
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\n[post_page_title]Early life[\/post_page_title]
\nThe Canadian film star was born as James Eugene Carrey to parents Percy and Kathleen Carrey on January 29, 1962. His father worked as an account and was also a musician, while his mother was a homemaker.
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\nCarrey grew up in Newmarket, Ontario, Canada in a family with Scottish, Irish and French Canadian roots, and was raised Roman Catholic. The talented actor and comedian was the youngest child of four children.
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\n[post_page_title]Talent runs in the family[\/post_page_title]
\nIn addition to being a great actor, Jim Carrey is also a family man. Carrey has one daughter named Jane, from his first marriage to Melissa Womer in 1987. Although she didn\u2019t follow her father\u2019s footsteps, Jane became a\u00a0talented singer and went to pursue her own dream in music.
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\nIn 2005, 24-year old Jane Carrey auditioned for the hit show \u201cAmerican Idol\u201d in front of Randy Jackson, Jennifer Lopez and Aerosmith\u2019s Steven Tyler. Although they were very impressed of her, Jane eventually didn\u2019t made it to the last round of show, but remained in the music business and she\u00a0kept on performing and fronting her own\u00a0band.
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\n[post_page_title]Ain’t no fortunate son[\/post_page_title]
\nJim Carrey and Jenny McCarthy were one of the power couple in Hollywood. They were married and Carrey adopted McCarthy son Evan, who suffer from Autism. Since Carrey. However, McCarthy recently bashed carry in the media for not staying in touch with him.
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\nMcCarthy said publicly that her son still misses him very much, and had to go to therapy because of that. Carrey responded back, saying that he\u2019ll always do what he believe is the best interest of the child\u2019s well being.
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\n[post_page_title]Dropping out[\/post_page_title]
\nAfter his father lost his accounting job when he was in the 9th grade, Carrey and his family had to move to a smaller, cheaper house in a different part of Toronto.
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\nThere, all of the family members worked as security guards or janitors at the Titan Wheels factory in Scarborough. Although Carrey initially tried combining school and his job to help his family, Carrey eventually left school to support his family full-time.
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\n[post_page_title]Rejected by SNL[\/post_page_title]
\nLong before he was a highly successful actor, Jim Carrey had auditioned for the hit comedy show \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d in 1980. Eventually, Carrey did not get the part, and it went instead to the late actor and comedian Charlie Rocket.
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\nCarrey refused to gave up and did another audition only to be rejected again by the show\u2019s producers. In the end, Carrey got his chance to be on the show, when he showed up as a guest host in 1996, 2011 and 2014.
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\n[post_page_title]Homelessness blues[\/post_page_title]
\nMany fans were shocked when Carrey revealed that he experienced Homelessness firsthand as a child. When he was 12-years old his father lost his job, and Carrey and his family were forced to live in a van.
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\nIn an interview with James Lipton, Carrey said that it was a huge traumatic event in his life. He added that he was able to put the past behind him in 1990, when he became a regular cast in the show In Living Color.
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\n[post_page_title]Girlfriend’s sad end[\/post_page_title]
\nCarrey\u2019s former girlfriend Cathriona White was found dead in her home in September 2015. 28-year old white, who was an actress from County Tipperary, Ireland, had taken her own life\u00a0and left a note for Carrey.
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\nShortly before,\u00a0\u00a0Carrey and White had split after an on-and-off three-year relationship. In her note, White said that she was heart-broken over their relationship and apologized that she wasn\u2019t there for him.
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\n[post_page_title]Cause of death[\/post_page_title]
\nCathriona White was pronounced dead at the scene. Her cause of death was filed as a possible overdose. and several pills were found beside her. According to court records, apparently the police found a text message on White\u2019s phone from Carrey himself.
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\nIn his message, Carrey asked the deceased if she knew about the whereabouts of several bottles of prescription painkillers.
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\n[post_page_title]Eulogy to Cathriona[\/post_page_title]
\nCarrey was reportedly devastated After White\u2019s passing, and he served as a pallbearer during her funeral. He had also released a following statement to the press regarding the incident.
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\nIn his statement, he said \u201cI am shocked and saddened for my sweet Cathriona, she was truly a kind a delicate flower, too sensitive for this soil\u201d. Carrey added that his heart goes to her family and friends and to everyone who loved and cared about her.
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\n[post_page_title]A feud with two-face[\/post_page_title]
\nDuring the shoot of the blockbuster movie \u201cBatman Forever\u201d Carrey and his co-star Tommy lee jones (The riddler and Two Face respectively) did not get along. Jones had reportedly said to the actor that he hated him and his fans.
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\nThe heated argument between Carrey and Jones during the shoot annoyed the director Joel Schumacher. The director then vowed never to work with Carrey or Jones ever again. Schumacher eventually override his decision, when he worked with Carrey on the movie \u201cThe number 23\u201d.
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\n[post_page_title]Comedy at a young age[\/post_page_title]
\nAccording to the talented comedian, When he was ten years old he wrote to Carol Burnett, The host of the famous \u201cCarol Burnett Show\u201d and an actor and a comedienne herself.
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\nIn his letter, Carrey wrote Burnett that he can master all kinds of impressions, and suggested himself to be on her show. Although in the end he didn\u2019t get a positive reply, the comedian testified that he was thrilled to receive her formal reply.
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\n[post_page_title]Twist of fate[\/post_page_title]
\nWhile doing an interview, Carrey recounted that his life could have taken a whole different turn. According to him, if it weren\u2019t for his early interest in show business and his father\u2019s support, he would probably end up working in a steel mill in his native town of Hamilton, Ontario.
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\nHe added that as a kid he used to look at the steel mill and think how great will it be to work there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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