Jim Carrey turned heads on Saturday with an unexpected red carpet interview at New York Fashion Week. The clip quickly went viral. With a series of deep, existential reflections — “There is no me. Things are happening,” he mused — Carrey confused some people. Others were intrigued by his raw, philosophical outlook. “It’s not our world. We don’t matter. “That’s the good news,” he said. This sparked social media reactions, from confusion to curiosity.
Many people online tried to figure out Carrey’s words. At the Toronto International Film Festival, he explained what he meant in an interview with Sharon Waxman, CEO of TheWrap. The “Ace Ventura” star said his comments were about letting go of ego. He believes that embracing life’s randomness is freeing. This mindset is refreshing in a world that always seeks control.
People love entertainment escapes for their unpredictability. It could be an eye-opening interview or the excitement of playing the best Play’n GO slots. Sometimes, it’s all about letting go and seeing where the moment takes you.
As an actor, you take on roles. If you explore those roles deeply, your character is rather superficial. You start to feel this distance and ask yourself, ‘Who is Jim Carrey, really?’ Oh, he doesn’t exist,” Carrey said. A form of consciousness is emerging. At some point, society assigned it all — a name, a religion, a nationality — and wrapped it into an identity. He combined these into what he thinks is a personality, but it isn’t there. But when you strip it all back, none is real.
Carrey described it as an epiphany, not a crisis. He calls it an “existential experiment.” It’s a deep dive into self and meaning.
“I believe I got famous so I could let go of fame, and it’s still happening, but not with me,” Carrey said. “I’m not a part of it anymore. Dressing happens. Hair gets done. Interviews take place. But it all happens without me, without a ‘me’ involved. Do you understand what I mean? “It’s a small mental shift,” he explained. “It’s not a big leap, but it takes you to a different world than where most people are.”
“I’m not the continuum. There’s no me. It’s what’s happening. It’s not personal,” Carrey said. “Life keeps unfolding, with or without me clinging to it through ego,” he said. Some grooves are cut pretty deep from my entire life. There’s an energy that seeks admiration and cleverness. It also aims to free people from worry, and now it goes even further. I want to relate what this is to people so they can also glimpse the abyss! It sounds scary, but it’s not. Everything still happens.”
Carrey was at the Toronto International Film Festival to promote Jim and Andy: The Great Beyond. This documentary shows how far he went to play Andy Kaufman in Man on the Moon (1999). Kaufman, he explained, represented the same realization he’s now coming to know.
“He was The Great Beyond,” Carrey said. “To me, the Great Beyond is Andy. It’s also every artist who dares to step into the place where the unacceptable meets the unpredictable,” Carrey said.
Chris Smith, the director of “Jim & Andy,” said: “I asked him one question at the start and let him talk for four hours.”
Final Thoughts
In a world that craves fame and validation, Jim Carrey’s words act as a wake-up call and an invitation. You might see his take as odd or insightful, yet he boldly digs deeper and challenges what we often assume. In Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond, Carrey reflects on life. He urges us to drop our masks, even for a moment. Let’s embrace the chaos, quiet, and absurdity.
