Jim Carrey Says He's 'Probably' Retiring From Acting: 'I've Done Enough'

Actor and comic Jim Carrey lately hinted that he plans to step away quickly from his Hollywood profession.

In an “Entry Hollywood” interview that aired Thursday, Carrey mentioned he’s strongly contemplating retirement. “Effectively, I’m retiring,” he advised host Package Hoover. “Yeah, in all probability. I’m being pretty critical. It relies upon, it relies upon. If the angels carry some type of script that’s written in gold ink that claims to me that it’s going to be actually vital for individuals to see, I'd proceed down the highway. However I’m taking a break.”

Carrey has earned reward ― and, at instances, stirred controversy ― as a visible artist in recent times. He mentioned he’d prefer to focus extra extensively on his work in that realm shifting ahead, however didn’t give an actual thought of when which may occur.

“I actually like my quiet life,” he mentioned. “I actually love placing paint on canvas, and I actually love my religious life. And I really feel like ― and that is one thing you may by no means hear one other celeb say so long as time exists ― I've sufficient. I’ve completed sufficient. I'm sufficient.”

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HuffPost reached out to a consultant for Carrey for clarification on his remarks, however didn't instantly hear again.

Carrey made his display screen debut within the 1981 Canadian comedy “Rubberface,” however his massive Hollywood break got here 13 years later in “Ace Ventura: Pet Detective.”

He later garnered essential approval for extra dramatic fare like 1998’s “The Truman Present” and 2004’s “Everlasting Sunshine of the Spotless Thoughts,” the latter of which co-starred Kate Winslet.

Elsewhere in his “Entry Hollywood” interview, Carrey steered he might be coaxed again to the display screen by none aside from Dolly Parton, who has mentioned she’d like him to painting her musical companion, Porter Wagoner, in a forthcoming biopic about her life.

“I'd all the time communicate to Dolly,” he advised Hoover. “Dolly’s simply, to me, an otherworldly expertise that's simply larger than you may think about.”

For now, Carrey followers can get their fill of the actor as Dr. Ivo “Eggman” Robotnik in “Sonic the Hedgehog 2,” which opens in theaters subsequent week.