Jim Carrey is an actor that made the big time because of his varied ways of making people laugh. Some call them too green and below the belt but while censors are flying, Carrey is going places. This is what best typifies his rise to fame and the evolution of comedy flicks. Starting out in TV, his big breaks from such hit movies as The Mask and Ace Ventura Pet Detective helped a lot in making him a household name and a niche towards other aspiring comedians who want to hit the big screen. To this day he is still widely in demand and it is not hard to see why.
In 1995, Carrey appeared as the Riddler in Batman Forever and reprised his role as Ace Ventura in Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls. Both films were successful at the box office and earned Carrey multi-million-dollar paychecks.
Carrey made headlines when he earned twenty million dollars for his next film, The Cable Guy, a record sum for a comedy actor. The attention drawn to the paycheck, coupled with some negative reviews, and the film’s dark sensibility, all contributed to the film’s mediocre earnings. Carrey quickly rebounded with the successful Liar Liar, a return to his trademark comedy...