Jim Carrey Net Worth

Jim Carrey's Quotes

• I tend to stay up late, not because I'm partying but because it's the only time of day when I'm alone and I don't have to be on, performing.
• Until Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994), no actor had considered talking through his ass.
• [about his chances of winning at the 1998 Golden Globes Awards] It's insane . . . I mean, [Jack Nicholson], [Dustin Hoffman], [Samuel L. Jackson], [Kevin Kline]--I don't see how I can lose.
• I've been dubbed the man most responsible for the dumbing of America, so obviously I don't put much stock into thoughts like (the theme of the 'dumbing down' of contemporary comedy). People love to laugh, and most people can find humor in just about anything, which is great. Trying to label or categorize comedy is ridiculous. I mean, if you laugh at a fart joke, does that make you a moron? I don't think so.
• Maybe there is no actual place called hell. Maybe hell is just having to listen to our grandparents breathe through their noses when they're eating sandwiches.

Interesting Facts about Jim Carrey

1. Dropped out of high school at 16.
2. (6/24/99) During the filming of Me, Myself & Irene (2000), he and the production crew attended a private music show Phish at the guitarist/vocalist house in Careystock, Vermont. There he sang two songs with Phish, "Hey You" by Bachman-Turner Overdrive and "Come Together" by The Beatles.
3. Ranked #54 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997]
4. Chosen by "People" magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World. [1997]
5. At age 10, he sent his resume to Carol Burnett.
6. He appeared at the 20th anniversary special for The Comedy Store wearing nothing but a sock on his penis.
7. Hosted "YTV Awards Show" in the mid-1980s with Laurie Gelman, from Fox After Breakfast (1996). YTV is Canada's Youth Television station.
8. At one point his family lived out of their car/trailer.
9. Performed "Rocket Man" on stage with Elton John at one of John's concerts. [1998]
10. At one point he and his family all worked as janitors and security guards at a factory to make a living.
11. Relationship with Renée Zellweger ended while they were already engaged and had marriage plans. [2000]
12. Manager is Jimmy Miller, who is the younger brother of actor-comedian Dennis Miller.
13. Shares the same birthday with Andy Kaufman, who he played in Man on the Moon (1999).
14. December, 2001: Announces his intention to become a United States citizen.
15. As of 2001, his total of nine MTV movie awards is the most won by any person.
16. Received U.S. citizenship in October 2004 and maintains a dual citizen of both the United States and his native Canada.
17. He, Michael J. Fox and the late Raymond Burr head list of top Canadians in U.S. television compiled by Banff Television Festival, June 2002.
18. As a child, he used to wear his tap shoes to bed just in case his parents needed cheering up in the middle of the night.
19. Performed his first stand-up routine (with disastrous results) in a yellow suit and tails (made by his mother) similar to what he would later wear in The Mask (1994).
20. Insisted the band, Cannibal Corpse, play in the movie Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994).