Carrey has rarely returned to the same role, but it seemed inevitable that Lloyd Christmas would come back again, one day. But why now? What needed to be done to get Dumb And Dumber To right? And what does Carrey think all this messing around is actually about, anyway?We had a little chat last month, about those ideas and more. It sure is. So who is in your mind? Who are you targeting this at? When you’re trying to decide if something is funny or not, who is your benchmark? And he does love Harry. Absolutely. I don’t know if you could nail down a process. Every movie is different for me and my method always changes but with Dumb And Dumber, I get together with the Farrelly Brothers, maybe a month before hand. We sit down and jam on ideas, come up with all sorts of horrifying things that will shock people. What’s an idea of yours in the film that you can take ownership of? The dust. The Grangina moment. I’m all about doing things that have never been seen or done before… and the Farrelly Brothers are just mad. And there’s quite a few other writers on these credits as well. A lot of people chipping in. Everybody wanted to be a part of this. That’s a great thing about it. Dumb And Dumber has become something that’s part of the fabric of our culture. People literally wouldn’t ever leave me alone about it and that’s why I did the sequel. People hounded me until I decided to do it. It’s really wonderful, though, and the first time we saw the characters coming off the bus in the movie, in all the old clothes, I felt a warm feeling. It was like seeing family that I hadn’t seen in a long while. Yeah, yeah. But was there any condition you had? Is there something this sequel needed to do in order to be worthwhile? That’s your job. I’m fairly delirious, folks. [As discussed before the interview recording began, Carrey was rather jet lagged and he was calling back to our chat about that]. I like there to be ideas behind films. Even a lot of the comedies that some people might assume are kind of mindless, they mean something to me. Even Dumb And Dumber, on a certain level, it’s not just about guys who are just going around being dumb there’s something about friendship, and about pre-egoic innocence. You can’t beat these guys because they are completely authentic. That means something to me. And Liar Liar meant something to me. There’s always something. With Ace Ventura, for example, I thought it was time to blow up the leading man image, make fun of it. Destroy Hollywood. Oh, good luck! Thank you, Jim Carrey. Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter for all news updates related to the world of geek. And Google+, if that’s your thing!
