comedian

Glen 2022-08-15 15:12:21

I always thought I knew how special Jim Carrey was. After watching this documentary, I realized that I didn't even know. He explained what an actor is. He enters the role, explores and enriches the role, and tries his best to separate the imperfect self from the role. The dialogue, confrontation and collision of the two personalities make the actor a role. At the end of the play, he chooses to completely quit the role. , Return to the reality facing the complicated life, instead of enjoying the public's temporary affection with the aura of the role. It was painful, and he kept repeating the process of filling up with water and then dumping it. But this may be the reason why he can maintain a sober consciousness all the time and not be bound by cliché concepts. "The man on the moon" has made Jim Carrey in a sense, and Andy told Jim Carrey the meaning of comedy. By constantly touching people's bottom line to know what they want, this is just one of them. Performance can also change the mood and consciousness of the masses, such as making people forget their worries (the free from concerns mentioned by Jim Carrey touches me very much), and it can also make people angry and promote social change, as does Chaplin. They are all great actors, it seems so empty to describe them, but I can't find other words. As an actor, as a comedy worker, as an individual, he is too good. It’s a pity that I didn’t know until now that he only watched one episode of his new play before kidding jokingly. I was too impetuous and I should watch it like a movie. In fact, he can choose to continue to be a comedy character who is only in charge of cute and funny, but he is breaking free just like in his new drama. I believe that every character of his is real, just like what he said in this documentary. . Trueman

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Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond quotes

  • Jim Carrey: I've stepped through the door, and the door is the realization that this, us, is Seaside. Its the dome, this is the dome. This isn't real. This is a story. There is the avatar you create, and the cadence you come up with, that is pleasing to people, and takes them away from their issues, and it makes you popular, and then at some point you have to peel it away. And, you know, it's not who you are. At some point you have to live, you know, your true man. You know Truman Show really became a prophecy for me. It is constantly reaffirming itself as a teaching almost, as a real representation of what I've gone through in my career, and what everyone goes through when they create themselves, you know, to be popular or successful. And it's not just show business. It's Wall Street, it's anywhere. You go to the office and you put a monkey suit on, and you act a certain way, say a certain thing, and lie through your teeth at times, and you do whatever you need to do to look like a winner, you know. And at some point of your life, you have to go, "I don't care what it looks like." You know, "I found the hole in the psyche and I'm going through, and I'm going to face the abyss of not knowing whether that's gonna be okay with everybody or not," you know. And at times, just like the movie, they try to drown you in the middle of that abyss. They go, "No, be the other guy. You told us you were this guy. You told us you were Andy. You told us you were Tony Clifton." You know, no one can live with that forever.

  • Jim Carrey: How far should I take this? How far would Andy take it?