Jim Carrey is Ace Ventura. He’s the Grinch. He’s Bruce Almighty. He’s Truman Burbank. Need we say more? But in 1989, Carrey was getting routinely crucified on stage, rejected for parts and was nearly starving to death – living in a bachelor apartment with a baby basket on the floor. Then one day, he wrote himself a check for $10M for “acting services rendered” – dated five years away.
Major sources for this episode include:
1) tiff Long Take: “Jim Carrey on Characters, Comedy and Existence”
2) WTF with Marc Maron: “Episode 1140: Jim Carrey”
3) Rolling Stone: “Jim Carrey: Bare Facts and Shocking Revelations”
4) Screenrant: “10 Roles Jim Carry Missed Out On”
Writer & Host: Sidney Hirst-O’Reilly
Executive Producer & Co-Host: Terry O’Reilly
Research: Allison Pinches
Director: Callie O’Reilly
Supervising Producer: Debbie O’Reilly
Engineer: Geoff Devine
Theme music: Ian Lefeuvre & Ari Posner
This show is brought to you by the Apostrophe Podcast Network and powered by Acast.
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Jim Carrey is Ace Ventura. He’s the Grinch. He’s Bruce Almighty. He’s Truman Burbank. Need we say more? But in 1989, Carrey was getting routinely crucified on stage, rejected for parts and was nearly starving to death – living in a bachelor apartment with a baby basket on the floor. Then one day, he wrote himself a check for $10M for “acting services rendered” – dated five years away.
Major sources for this episode include:
1) tiff Long Take: “Jim Carrey on Characters, Comedy and Existence”
2) WTF with Marc Maron: “Episode 1140: Jim Carrey”
3) Rolling Stone: “Jim Carrey: Bare Facts and Shocking Revelations”
4) Screenrant: “10 Roles Jim Carry Missed Out On”
Writer & Host: Sidney Hirst-O’Reilly
Executive Producer & Co-Host: Terry O’Reilly
Research: Allison Pinches
Director: Callie O’Reilly
Supervising Producer: Debbie O’Reilly
Engineer: Geoff Devine
Theme music: Ian Lefeuvre & Ari Posner
This show is brought to you by the Apostrophe Podcast Network and powered by Acast.
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