Jim Carrey

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q40504: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

No film of theirs is counted: acting and studio count only when asked for, so what they drew on and who drew on them comes only from the lines with them at one end. Count them as actor (18 films) instead.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

No line says they, or a film of theirs, drew on anything.

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

Frank Gorshin: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · them, directly: Jim Carrey ⇒ Frank Gorshin (the maker said so). Jim Carrey has said he worshiped Gorshin's Riddler and wanted to pay homage.
    “I worshiped the Gorshon performance.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 0:47:15 · David Sims (0.45 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Acting (31) everyone in acting

Other (2) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

career (4)

  1. career (career): Jim Carrey → The Mask. 1994 MVP-year idea: Carrey with Dumb and Dumber, wins the Mask.
    “I mean, we talked about Carrie in 94 doing Dumb and Dumber. Carrie wins the mask.”
    The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 1:09:37 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Jim Carrey → The Truman Show. Carrey's 94-to-2000 run with Truman Show in the middle is called the best run any comedian has had.
    “Carries the star, obviously, and carries in this heater from 94 to 2000.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:27:23 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
  3. career (career): Jim Carrey → Robin Williams. Carrey and Williams are the two comedians with the most talent to cross over into movies.
    “But Robin Williams and Jim Carrey would probably be my number.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:28:40 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  4. career (career): Jim Carrey → Tom Cruise. At 1998, Carrey is the most powerful actor other than maybe Hanks and Cruise (who is doing Eyes Wide Shut).
    “And Cruz, but Cruz is doing eyes wide.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 1:19:43 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

contrast (2)

  1. contrast (contrast): Eddie Murphy → Jim Carrey. Murphy had a similar seven-year run and bigger box office but never landed drama the way Carrey did.
    “he never figured out the drama side in the same way.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:28:43 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. contrast (contrast): Eddie Murphy → Jim Carrey. Carrey and Ferrell put themselves in the hospital for your laugh; Eddie does not need you to laugh.
    “I mean, they are really putting themselves in the hospital for your laugh.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ With Bill Simmons, Wesley Morris, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:20:31 · Wesley Morris (0.70 sure it was them)

craft (2)

  1. craft (craft): The Truman Show → Jim Carrey. Carrey and Weir knew to play off the weirdness comedically and move on so the audience would not marinate on it.
    “not let it not let it marinate too long because then the audience is going to marinate on it too.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:24:07 · Glen Powell (0.80 sure it was them)
  2. craft (craft): Jim Carrey → Gene Kelly. Carrey glides through the film like Gene Kelly and knows to take it down 5% to avoid The Mask.
    “he's almost like Gene Kelly in this movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:24:35 · Chris Ryan (0.60 sure it was them)

industry (1)

  1. industry (industry): Mike Myers → Jim Carrey. After this movie Myers passed Carrey as the biggest comic actor, as Carrey went more serious.
    “I think he passed Jim Carrey, he was the biggest comic actor in the world.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me’ With Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 0:08:40 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

lineage (1)

  1. lineage (lineage): Frank Gorshin → Jim Carrey. Jim Carrey has said he worshiped Gorshin's Riddler and wanted to pay homage.
    “I worshiped the Gorshon performance.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 0:47:15 · David Sims (0.45 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (method actor): Jim Carrey → Horton Hears a Who!. Carrey refused animation's stop-start recording and had to be promised no pickups on Horton.
    “they like promised him on Horton, hears a clue that they wouldn't do any pickups.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Look Who's Talking with Hillary Busis · 1:38:01 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (next episode): Peter Weir → Jim Carrey. The Truman Show required waiting because Carrey was booked for two years.
    “Jim Carrey wants to do the movie.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fearless with Timothy Simons · 2:57:22 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

verdict (1)

  1. verdict (verdict): The Truman Show → Jim Carrey. Who won the movie: Carrey, though Weir needed this one.
    “I think it is Carrie, but I think the Peter Weir, like he needed this one.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 1:34:37 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

what-if (1)

  1. what-if (what-if): Jim Carrey → Dr. Evil. Myers wanted Jim Carrey to play Dr. Evil in 1997.
    “Mike Myers wanted Jim Carrey to play Dr. Evo and carry past.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me’ With Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 0:33:43 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Jim Carrey: Carrey told Katzenberg he couldn't do a method role with one animation session every four months, so Willis replaced him on Over the Hedge.
    “I'm a method actor. I can't do this process of one animation record session every 4 months.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Look Who's Talking with Hillary Busis · 1:36:29 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Jim Carrey: Siskel and Ebert gave an on-air apology to Carrey after saying he'd never have a film career following Ace Ventura.
    “And on-air apology to Jim Carrey.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:36:05 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about Jim Carrey: Took a pay cut to 12 million from a 20 million asking, and said it was the fastest he'd accepted a role.
    “And he said it was the fastest he'd ever accepted a role.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 1:11:25 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
  4. fun, about Jim Carrey: Speaker misses gopher-broke crazy Jim Carrey.
    “I miss old Jim Carrey in a lot of ways.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me’ With Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 0:15:59 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)