Jim Carrey Hears You

Jim Carrey has done it all. In fact, he's done so many movies that he's actually returning to the world of Dr. Seuss, following up his massive success in The Grinch Who Stole Christmas with another classic character as the title pachyderm in Horton Hears a Who. Carrey brings a life and a joy to his voice work that most other actors just can't pull off. He literally throws himself into every role, even the ones he takes behind the mic. Horton Hears a Who opens this Friday and, even though it's a nearly-guaranteed blockbuster, it probably won't do much for the career of Jim Carrey. When you're this big a star, it's hard to go much higher. On the eve of his latest family film, Jim Carrey sat down with The Deadbolt to promote yet another film on his resume that people are going to be watching for generations. It's almost impossible not to hear Jim Carrey.

THE DEADBOLT: Jim, we haven't seen you in a while. How's life been?

CARREY: “Great, man. I am having so much fun right now. I am really in a good place in my life. I still have this childlike joy in doing my job, and that’s really the greatest gift for me.”

THE DEADBOLT: So, you are not one of those comedians that go home at night and feel total anxiety and angst?

CARREY: “You know, everybody has their certain amount of darkness in life, and I am not free of pain either. Today, though, I have a different perspective on it than I used to have. I grew a lot spiritually and as a person over the last couple years.”

THE DEADBOLT: Should we be congratulating you, or are the rumors about you getting married not true?

CARREY: “No, no marriage. I am married in a lot of different ways. I don’t know what kind of ceremony you need to tell someone you are in love with them. It's all right with me if other people do it, but for me it’s not a necessary thing.”

THE DEADBOLT: I think it's better not to get married.

CARREY: “Well, you can say that. I can't. If I said something like that the bridal industry would be all over me. The diamond industry would go crazy too. I think getting married is great, everybody should do it, but once you’ve done it twice, you should stop doing it (laughs).”

THE DEADBOLT: In your new Dr. Seuss movie, ‘Horton’, you play an elephant. What quality do you like the most in Horton?

CARREY: “It was great to say that I was the Grinch, and now I am Horton, two characters that are so far apart. Horton is completely without ego, he is pure love. He just wants to love everything in his path. He may joke around with you, but at the same time he will tell you that he was joking, because he doesn’t want you to be uncomfortable. He’s innocent, and he doesn’t think of himself as someone bigger than anybody else, and that’s the feeling I always had. Don’t think of tall or small.”

THE DEADBOLT: Is he kind of a version of the real Jim Carrey of today?

CARREY: “Yes he is, a much younger version, but still a version of me. I think that’s correct.”

THE DEADBOLT: Who would win in a street fight between you and Steve Carrel?

CARREY: “I would, no doubt (laughs). There is something in there. Peter Weir said to me one time, ‘Jim, there is a monster in there.’”

THE DEADBOLT: You seem to have found the fountain of youth, what's your secret?

CARREY: “I am generally pretty healthy. People have no idea of how important food really is, that what you put in your mouth has something to do with your emotional life.”

THE DEADBOLT: What do and what don't you eat then?

CARREY: “Generally, no wheat, no dairy for me, for the most part. I do go crazy once in a while and have a pizza. I am not religious about it, but I do believe that the best fuel for humans are veggies and protein. It makes you feel great.”

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