One night in 1987, the broke and
struggling 25-year-old comic drove
his old toyota up to Mulholland
Drive in the Hollywood Hills.
Sitting there overlooking the
City of Angels and envisioning
his future, Carrey wrote himself
a check for $10 million. He
dated it Thanksgiving 1995 and
added the notation, "for acting
services rendered."
struggling 25-year-old comic drove
his old toyota up to Mulholland
Drive in the Hollywood Hills.
Sitting there overlooking the
City of Angels and envisioning
his future, Carrey wrote himself
a check for $10 million. He
dated it Thanksgiving 1995 and
added the notation, "for acting
services rendered."
In the 9th grade his father lost his job and was forced
to sell their house, relocating to Scarborough, a bleak
industrial landscape on the edge of Toronto. To make
ends meet, the whole family took jobs as security guards
and janitors. Jim would work an 8 hour shift after
school, scrubbing toilets and the like - the experience
hardening his will to escape to a better life.
His school grades suffered as classes became a minor
priority. It was a bad scene all around with the family
at one time all living in a VW camper van. At 16 he
dropped out of High School altogether...
to sell their house, relocating to Scarborough, a bleak
industrial landscape on the edge of Toronto. To make
ends meet, the whole family took jobs as security guards
and janitors. Jim would work an 8 hour shift after
school, scrubbing toilets and the like - the experience
hardening his will to escape to a better life.
His school grades suffered as classes became a minor
priority. It was a bad scene all around with the family
at one time all living in a VW camper van. At 16 he
dropped out of High School altogether...
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