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  • EVERYBODY!

  • WE'RE BACK WITH MAESTRO-- ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )

  • >> EXCUSE ME, STEPHEN.

  • I WAS JUST GETTING GREASY THERE.

  • ( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: JIM, THANKS FOR

  • ALMOST JOINING ME TONIGHT.

  • ( LAUGHTER ) ONE OF THE REASONS WHY IT'S SO

  • GREAT TO TALK TO YOU IS NOT JUST BECAUSE YOU BRING EVERYTHING TO

  • THE INTERVIEW, BUT I ADMIRE-- YOU'RE A COMEDIC GIANT AND I

  • ADMIRE YOUR WORK ENORMOUSLY.

  • >> IS THAT WHY YOU PROPPED YOUR CHAIR UP HIGHER THAN MINE?

  • >> Stephen: YES.

  • IT'S THE ONLY WAY I CAN MAINTAIN ANY STATUS AT ALL.

  • HERE WE GO, YOU KNOW, JIM-- >> THAT'S RIGHT BETTER.

  • >> Stephen: THERE YOU GO.

  • >> FE-FI-FO-HUM, I SMELL THE BLOOSTLED A HOST.

  • >> Stephen: YOU HAVE PROVED YOURSELF TO BE AN ACCOMPLISHED

  • DRAMATIC ACTOR, "MAN ON THE MOON", "ETERNAL SUNSHINE."

  • NOW, DO YOU APPROACH YOUR DRAMATIC ROLES DIFFERENTLY THAN

  • YOUR COMEDIC ROLES?

  • >> WELL, I ACTUALLY-- YOU KNOW, I LIKE TO GIVE EVERYTHING

  • CHARACTER A DRAMATIC BACK STORY.

  • FOR THE FIRST SHOT AT "DUMB AND DUMBER, I SPENT THE FIRST 32

  • YEARS AS A COMPLETE IDIOT.

  • >> Stephen: YOU CAN SEE IT ON SCREEN.

  • I WAS WONDER AGO YOU CAN TELL ME IF YOU DON'T WANT TO DO IT-- BUT

  • I WAS WONDERING IF YOU WANTED TO DO AN ACTING EXERCISE AND YOU

  • REINTERPRET THEM WITH A MORE FULL AND IMPACTFUL EMOTIONAL

  • DEPTH.

  • >> ALL RIGHTY, THEN!

  • ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: DO YOU MIND IF I

  • DIRECT YOU TO SET UP THE SCENE?

  • >> I'M STILL IN IT.

  • >> Stephen: FLUSH, FLUSH.

  • I'LL DIRECT YOU, SET UP THE SCENE.

  • THE FIRST ONE, THIS IS A LINE FROM "ACE VENTURA: PET

  • DETECTIVE."

  • JIM.

  • >> DO NOT GO IN THERE.

  • WHOA!

  • >> Stephen: OK, YOU MADE A BIG COMEDIC CHOICE.

  • BUT WATCHING THAT NOW, AS A MORE MATURE PERFORMER, WOULD YOU DO

  • IT DIFFERENTLY?

  • >> OF COURSE.

  • AFTER YEARS OF HONING MY CRAFT, THERE IS SO MUCH MORE EMOTIONAL

  • NUANCE THAT I COULD BRING TO THAT MOMENT.

  • >> Stephen: FANTASTIC.

  • SO HERE IS THE SCENE.

  • LET ME SET IT UP FOR YOU.

  • YOU ARE AT A PARTY HOSTED BY A BILLIONAIRE.

  • AND SOMETHING UNSPEAKABLE HAS HAPPENED.

  • AND IT HAPPENED IN A TOILET.

  • GO.

  • >> DO NOT GO IN THERE!

  • THE WHOLE PLACE STINKS TO BLEED HELL!

  • DO NOT GO IN THERE!

  • IT'S THE WORST THING YOU'LL EVER SMELL!

  • ♪ ♪ ♪ WOOOO!

  • ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ).

  • >> Stephen: FANTASTIC.

  • THAT'S-- THAT-- >> I TURNED IT INTO A MUSICAL.

  • I TURNED IT INTO A MUSICAL.

  • >> Stephen: THAT'S ONE OF THE LOST SEENS FROM "OKLAHOMA."

  • >> "SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS."

  • THAT'S RIGHT.

  • WHEN YOU'VE GOT SEVEN BROTHERS, YOU KNOW, THE BATHROOM IS BUSY.

  • >> Stephen: THAT WAS VERY BRAVE.

  • THAT WAS VERY BRAVE.

  • THIS NEXT ONE IS A CLASSIC LINE EVERYONE KNOWS FROM "DUMB AND

  • DIRM."

  • JIM.

  • >> SO YOU'RE TELLING ME THERE'S A CHANCE?

  • >> Stephen: WHERE DO WE START WITH THIS?

  • WHEN YOU LOOK BACK AT THIS NOW AFTER ALL OF YOUR DRAMATIC WORK,

  • WHAT IS MISSING?

  • >> WELL, THE LINE IS DEALING WITH CHANCE.

  • YET, I FAILED TO CONVEY THE NATURE OF PROBABILITY ITSELF.

  • AND I SHOULD HAVE HAD AN ACCENT.

  • >> Stephen: THAT'S BRILLIANT.

  • HERE'S THE SCENE-- LET ME SET IT UP AGAIN.

  • THE WOMAN YOU LOVE HAS GIVEN YOU ONE-IN-A-MILLION ODDS OF LOVING

  • YOU BACK.

  • SCENE!

  • >> SO YOU'RE TELLING ME THERE'S A CHANCE?

  • ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )

  • ( CHEERS ) >> Stephen: WOW.

  • WOW.

  • I MEAN, CHILLS.

  • LOOK AT THAT.

  • GOOSE FLESH.

  • >> YOU'VE GOT VAPORS!

  • YOU'VE GOT VAPORS.

  • >> Stephen: UNBELIEVABLE.

  • THAT'S CHILLING!

  • LASTLY-- AND THIS MIGHT BE THE MOST CHALLENGING.

  • ARE YOU EXHAUSTED?

  • DO YOU NEED A BREAK?

  • >> I MIGHT NEED A BIT OF MANGO.

  • >> Stephen: A BIT OF MANGO, OKAY.

  • >> HIT ME!

  • >> Stephen: FINAL ONE IS FROM "MASK."

  • >> OOOH, SOMEBODY STOP ME!

  • IT.

  • >> Stephen: EVERYBODY-- EVERYBODY LOVES THAT LINE.

  • IT'S IMMORTAL.

  • EVERYBODY QUOTES THAT LINE, FROM FRAT BROS AT A BAR TO FRAT BROS

  • TO THE OTHER END OF THE BAR-- EVERYONE.

  • BUT WE ALL KNOW IT.

  • BUT JIM CARREY, AS A DRAMATIC ACTOR, DO YOU BELIEVE IT?

  • >> UNFORTUNATELY, NO.

  • ( LAUGHTER ) I KNEW THERE WERE DEEPER LEVELS

  • TO THE STORY I WASN'T REACHING.

  • AND I THINK ABOUT IT EVERY DAY.

  • >> Stephen: OKAY.

  • >> EVERY DAY IT HAUNT ME.

  • >> Stephen: LET ME REMIND YOU OF YOUR BACK STORY.

  • YOU ARE POSSESSED BY AN ANCIENT MASK.

  • IT MAY HIDE YOUR FACE, BUT IT CANNOT MASK YOUR INNER PAIN.

  • YOU'RE CRYING OUT TO SOMEONE, ANYONE, FOR HELP.

  • AND GO.

  • >> SOMEBODY STOP ME!

  • ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) SOMEBODY!

  • SOMEBODY!

  • ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) SCENE.

  • >> Stephen: SEASON TWO OF "KIDDING" PREMIERES SUNDAY NIGHT

  • ON SHOWTIME.

  • "SONIC THE HEDGEHOG" IS IN THEATERS NEXT FRIDAY.

  • EXTREMELY DRAMATIC ACTOR JIM CARREY, EVERYBODY!

  • WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

EVERYBODY!

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