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Why did Jim Carrey stop making movies? Why did he retire early in Hollywood? Jim Carrey real life story

 One of the best comedians in the world is Jim Carrey. I was curious about his life story - how he started and why he retired from Hollywood early.



I was surprised to learn that Jim Carrey and his family went through a lot of hardships when he was growing up. At one point, they became homeless, and lived in a Volkswagen van when he was a teenager in Ontario, Canada. His father was unemployed at the time, and they faced many difficulties, often sleeping in tents. However, his father eventually found work as a janitor and security guard for a company that provided them with a home. Jim Carrey also went to school but dropped out because he felt he had a future in the movie industry. At the age of 15, he discovered his natural talent for stand-up comedy and tried his luck at a comedy club. But because they were not wealthy, he had a hard time pursuing his dream of becoming a stand-up comedian.

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However, because his parents worked hard and all of them had jobs, their lives improved, and Jim Carrey was able to audition for shows like Saturday Night Live once they were all employed. But he didn't become an instant success - at first, people didn't understand his stand-up comedy, and he was often booed on stage. That's when he decided to try his luck in Hollywood, where destiny finally smiled upon him. Although he had worked as an extra in many films, he was discovered in the movie Ace Ventura Pet Detective, which made him a box office hit. From then on, he starred in one successful film after another, including The Mask, for which he received his first payment of $5 million per film. After the movie Dumb and Dumber, he won his first Golden Globe award for Best Actor. He was the first actor in Hollywood to be paid $20 million USD in the 90s, and almost all of his films became mega-hits, including The Cable Guy.



Jim Carrey is super versatile, having acted in dramas, romantic films, Disney classics, as well as action films. One of my favorites, even today, is his comedy film Liar Liar. His latest work is Sonic the Hedgehog.

In April 2022, Jim Carrey officially announced his retirement, saying he had done enough and was enough. He wasn't sure if he would return to making films but said he might if he was presented with a script that was written in gold ink and was really important for people to see. For now, he is focused on his art and has been painting for six years. He had his first art exhibit in Palm Springs and is also into NFT art.

He no longer wants to be in Hollywood and prefers a quieter life, focusing on his spiritual life. He is a big believer in Jesus Christ and wants to focus on meditating and praying. He said that Christ suffered terribly on the cross and was broken by it to the point of doubt and feeling of absolute abandonment. Then a decision was made to look upon the people who were causing that suffering with compassion and forgiveness, and that opened the gates of heaven for us. He acknowledges that the path to awakening is to seek Christ's Consciousness. Jim Carrey is very deep, which is why he got sick and tired of Hollywood and wanted to focus on living an authentic life.



He believes that God is omnipresent and that everything is God. When you make a loaf of bread in the kitchen, that is the Eucharist, and you are blessing people with your work, and that is the body of Christ.

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