Known for his comedic skills, Jim Carrey is one of a kind, and the actor doesn’t hesitate to speak his mind. He did the same when he joined his Dumb and Dumber co-star Jeff Daniels in the late-night talk show CONAN. His surprise guest appearance on the show marked the impromptu Dumb and Dumber reunion.
As they continued talking about the buddy comedy, The Mask actor shared that he wanted to be close friends with Conan O’Brien, but he was hurt after the talk show host ignored him despite living a couple of houses away.
Jim Carrey Expected to Become Friends With Conan O’Brien
His surprise appearance on Conan O’Brien’s show, CONAN gave Jim Carrey the opportunity to express his grievances with his long-time friend Jeff Daniels and the talk show host himself. He recalled how the two became good friends working on the 1994 film, yet he didn’t call him while visiting the town.
As the Dumb and Dumber stars continued talking about the movie, he shared that he also wanted to have a buddy-type relationship with the talk show host after he moved to the same neighborhood as him. But The Bruce Almighty star also claimed that he had not heard from him in a while.
The two discussed O’Brien’s occasional visits to Carrey’s house, who expected them to become good friends soon. “I figured we were gonna have a real buddy thing going on and stuff like that,” he recalled. However, all he saw was O’Brien’s distinctive hairstyle, “pompadour,” going back and forth over the fence, and claimed that the comedian never actually visited him.
The comedian in his defense said that they did hang out at the Hollywood actor’s house. The talk show host once again playfully dismissed Carrey’s hopes of a close friendship. “I don’t think so,” O’Brien said, jokingly stating that he was very busy after the actor asked him if he would like to become his friend. The two laughed it off and decided to plan something together soon.
Jim Carrey is Taking a Break From Acting
Jim Carrey returned to the silver screen in the sequel to his 2020 film Sonic the Hedgehog and talked about his plans to take a break and seemingly retire as an actor. Talking to Access Hollywood, he said, “I am retiring,” before adding, “Yeah, probably.” He said that he’s “fairly serious” about it unless he gets a script that speaks to him that “it’s going to be really important for people to see.”
“I really like my quiet life, and I really like putting paint on canvas, and I really love my spiritual life,” he said before adding, “I have enough.” Carrey shared that it depends on what kind of project he would be offered next. However, he has claimed that until then, he would be “taking a break” from acting.
