Post by the Scribe on Feb 9, 2024 22:00:29 GMT
Despite reliving some of his past loves in his novel, Carrey -- who was married to Melissa Womer from 1987 to 1995 and to Lauren Holly from 1996 to 1997 -- insisted that he doesn't "pine for anybody."
"It’s not that kind of situation. It's just my way of saying there was a very important thing there and to recognize that," he said. "... I don't regret. I don't have those things. But I do appreciate the people that have come through my life for the good that they gave me."
"It’s not that kind of situation. It's just my way of saying there was a very important thing there and to recognize that," he said. "... I don't regret. I don't have those things. But I do appreciate the people that have come through my life for the good that they gave me."
"None of this is real and all of it is true." --Jim Carrey
Meet Jim Carrey. Sure, he's an insanely successful and beloved movie star drowning in wealth and privilege--but he's also lonely. Maybe past his prime. Maybe even . . . getting fat? He's tried diets, gurus, and cuddling with his military-grade Israeli guard dogs, but nothing seems to lift the cloud of emptiness and ennui. Even the sage advice of his best friend, actor and dinosaur skull collector Nicolas Cage, isn't enough to pull Carrey out of his slump.
But then Jim meets Georgie: ruthless ing�nue, love of his life. And with the help of auteur screenwriter Charlie Kaufman, he has a role to play in a boundary-pushing new picture that may help him uncover a whole new side to himself--finally, his Oscar vehicle! Things are looking up!
But the universe has other plans.
Memoirs and Misinformation is a fearless semi-autobiographical novel, a deconstruction of persona. In it, Jim Carrey and Dana Vachon have fashioned a story about acting, Hollywood, agents, celebrity, privilege, friendship, romance, addiction to relevance, fear of personal erasure, our "one big soul," Canada, and a cataclysmic ending of the world--apocalypses within and without.
Speaking of people that came through his life, Carrey also spoke to Howard about a relationship much earlier in his career which he writes about in the book, with singer Linda Ronstadt.
Linda Ronstadt in 1991. / (c) Joseph Marzullo/WENN
He was still doing standup when he met the Don’t Know Much singer at a gig and “immediately adored” her. He recalled:
“She came up and she said, ‘Wow, you’re really good. Would you like to come on the road with me?’ And I said, ‘No, but I’ll go out with you.'”
Dang, that’s bold. But it worked!
“I was giving up a gig, which I needed. I had no money. She kind of screwed up her face and she said, ‘OK.'”
Ronstadt was 15 years his senior as he was a mere 21 years old at the time, but he says the May-December thing was not anything weird for them:
“It may have seemed like some boy-toy kind of situation to somebody looking at it from the outside, but she treated me with incredible respect. She loved my talent and respected my talent. We used to hang out together and she’d say, ‘You’re going to be where I am. You’re going to deal with all this stuff I’ve dealt with.'”
Ultimately he called the relationship “a beautiful eight months.”
“We both knew it wasn’t going to be forever, but I have such respect for her. She’s just an incredible human being.”
Watch the interview snippet for yourself (below)
The positive way he speaks about his past relationships, it really sounds like Carrey is in a good place right now. Or who knows, maybe it’s all fiction??
You can read Memoirs and Misinformation and decide for yourself where the truth lies…