Kid interviewers Lyla and Luna ask Jim Carrey some tough questions
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 star Jim Carrey takes on tough questions from Lyla and Luna. Find out what he really thinks of that Dr. Robotnik mustache, whether he still ever talks out of his butt, and what motivates him to keep creating through his performances and his art.
Video Transcript
JIM CARREY: I'm not going to do this interview without Lyla and Luna.
KEVIN POLOWY: Hey, Jim, is--
JIM CARREY: I demand that Lyla and Luna are a part of this interview.
[WILHELM SCREAM]
Oh, look.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Look what happened. Everything I wish comes to pass.
LYLA POLOWY: We loved your movie.
JIM CARREY: Oh, thank you.
LUNA POLOWY: You're hilar-cious.
JIM CARREY: [LAUGHS] Wouldn't it be great if it were on purpose?
LYLA POLOWY: We like it. We like a lot.
JIM CARREY: I see what you did there.
- I like it a lot.
LUNA POLOWY: Where's all that hair come from?
LYLA POLOWY: And where'd those two rats on your face go?
JIM CARREY: The mustache?
- Papa's got a brand-new stache.
JIM CARREY: The rat, did you call it? [LAUGHS] That was a very annoying thing to put on your face every day. I had a relationship with it. It wasn't good. It's constantly upstaging me.
LUNA POLOWY: Why do you keep on trying to beat Sonic? You're never going to win.
JIM CARREY: What? Don't you count on that. I have some evil plans that you won't even be able to (ECHOING) conceive of with your priney human mind.
- I get it.
JIM CARREY: I could get lucky. He could trip. Imagine if he just tripped going that fast.
- Hmm.
LUNA POLOWY: Are you a real doctor?
JIM CARREY: I'm a funny bone doctor. I specialize in the funny bone.
LYLA POLOWY: We saw "Dumb & Dumber." We didn't think you were a real doctor.
JIM CARREY: Oh, ho! She's the comedian, huh? Wow. [LAUGHS] Roasted. I got a lot of money for it, though.
LUNA POLOWY: Do you still talk out of your butt?
- Excuse me, I'd like to ass you a few questions.
JIM CARREY: I do lots of things out of my butt. I talk, I sing, I play the trumpet.
[TRUMPET MUSIC - "MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB"]
- Do it! Do it! Do it!
JIM CARREY: You want to sing? No, he's hoarse right now.
KEVIN POLOWY: Girls, we don't make anyone talk out of their butt who doesn't want to.
JIM CARREY: Especially at school.
- Afraid I'll make a stink?
LYLA POLOWY: You're hilarious, Jim Carrey.
JIM CARREY: Thanks.
LUNA POLOWY: You're much funnier than our dad.
JIM CARREY: [LAUGHS]
KEVIN POLOWY: Guys, it's not a contest.
JIM CARREY: Yeah, sure, man. But you know what? He's the one that keeps you safe at night.
LYLA POLOWY: Do you know what we call our daddy?
KEVIN POLOWY: Oh, gosh.
LUNA POLOWY: Daddy Dumbotnik.
JIM CARREY: [LAUGHS]
KEVIN POLOWY: Her insults hurt, but they are well-themed.
JIM CARREY: They're very well-formed. Do you speak like this to people at school? That's probably something you can call your teacher, too. Sorry--
KEVIN POLOWY: Guys, don't call your teacher that.
JIM CARREY: Sorry, dad. [LAUGHS] Well, I believe the children are our future.
LYLA POLOWY: Are you married to Mariah Carey?
JIM CARREY: No, but it came close a couple of times. Whenever I get near her, it's like a siren. She sings, and I'm like, oh, it's meant to be. We're a lot alike. But she's missing an R.
LUNA POLOWY: I don't know her.
LYLA POLOWY: Oh, we like your painting.
JIM CARREY: You do? That's nice. Do you paint?
LYLA POLOWY: Yeah, we like to paint. So we painted-- this is mine.
JIM CARREY: Oh my gosh. Is that me? Oh, wow.
KEVIN POLOWY: I don't know what's going on with the mustache.
LYLA POLOWY: It felt appropriate.
JIM CARREY: Yeah, I know. It's like me meets the fuhrer. I love it. [LAUGHS] They captured my true essence, for sure.
LUNA POLOWY: And this is mine.
JIM CARREY: Yeah, yeah, sure, sure.
LUNA POLOWY: It's not appropriate.
JIM CARREY: [LAUGHS]
KEVIN POLOWY: That's a devil, Luna. That's not Jim.
JIM CARREY: Well, you know, some days.
[SQUAWKING]
LYLA POLOWY: What's the secret to your lasting success in such a challenging, ever-changing landscape such as Hollywood?
JIM CARREY: My love for the audience is the only thing that keeps me doing this, that I love when people are touched and tickled. And there's a little thing I call presence. And all the secret to everything you do in life to be successful is to create that presence for people.
So if you create something with your hands, or you paint a picture, your concentration and your involvement and your presence in that picture is contagious to me. And when I see it, I feel that presence. So that's all I do in my work, is I try to create total involvement and presence and joy and love in what I'm doing. And I know that even if I don't do it so great sometimes, that part is going to come through. And that part is going to be something that passes on to you.
KEVIN POLOWY: OK, our time is up. Girls, anything else you want to say to Jim?
LYLA POLOWY: We wish our dad was as funny as you.
LUNA POLOWY: Totally.
JIM CARREY: I'm sure he has positive qualities.
- I hate goodbyes. [LAUGHS]
LUNA POLOWY: Bye.
JIM CARREY: Bye.
- Oh, and in case I don't see you, good afternoon, good evening, and good night.
