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YEAH, I HEAR YOU'RE PRETTY
ROUGH, YEAH.
>> BUT YOU SAID TO ME ONCE,
I DON'T LIKE TO SIT DOWN FOR
LONG INTERVIEWS, WHY?
>> WELL, YOU MIGHT FIND OUT
WHO I REALLY AM AND THEN IT
WILL ALL BE OVER.
THAT'S THE DREAM CREAN WAY.
>> PEOPLE WHO MAKE PEOPLE
LAUGH DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO
KNOW THAT, RIGHT.
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, I THINK
PEOPLE WHO MAKE PEOPLE LAUGH
ARE ACTUALLY KIND OF SHY.
I KNOW YOU -- IT'S HARD TO
BELIEVE THAT --.
>> BUT IT'S TRUE, MOST
COMICS ARE.
>> THEY REALLY ARE.
THEY KIND OF -- THEY
OVERCOMP EBB SATE BECAUSE IF
THEY ACTUALLY GET SERIOUS
FOR A SECOND THEY BLUBBER.
>> IT COMES OUT.
>> IT'S TRUE -- IT'S ALWAYS
RIGHT THERE!
YOU KNOW, AND SO I FIND
IT -- IF IT'S -- SOMEBODY
ASKED ME TO MAKE A SERIOUS
TOAST OR ANYTHING I RARELY
CAN GET THROUGH IT, I'M --
[SOBBING]
BOB:.
>> IN OTHER WORDS DOES THAT
MEAN YOU HAVE TO BE FUNNY?
>> IT'S A GOOD LITTLE
FUNCTION THAT YOU GO INTO IT
COMP EBB SATES FOR THAT,
SURE.
>> SOMETIME TO DISCUSS THE
LIFE AND TIMES -- WHY DID
YOU WANT TO DO THIS MOVIE.
>> ANDY KAUFMAN IS LIKE THE
PATRON SAINT OF COMEDIANS
SURE, ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO
DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT HAS
TO GO TO ANDY KAUFMAN FIRST,
HAS TOOOK AT THAT BECAUSE
THAT'S A CAR WRECK AS WELL
AS JUST SOMETHING THAT'S
BEAUTIFUL AND SUBLIME.
>> WHEN THEY CAME TO YOU
WITH IT THERE WERE OTHER
PEOPLE THEY WERE LOOKING AT
TOO.
>> SURE.
>> MILE LOS LIKED YOU THOUGH.
>> HE'S GOING TO GET UPSET
IF YOU KEEP CALLING HIM
MILEOS, I AM VERY CLOSE WITH
THE CZECHS.
[LAUGHTER]
HE COULDN'T GET MORE UPSET
THAN HE WAS AT ME SO IT'S
OKAY.
IT WAS -- IT WAS AN AMAZING
PROCESS.
I WOULD GET CALLS FROM HIM
ON THE WEEKEND AND STUFF
LIKE THAT.
>> WHILE YOU WERE FILMING.
>> SURE.
■& AND HE'D SAY, I DON'T
KNOW HOW TO TALK TO HIS MAN.
ANDY IS OUT OF CONTROL!
YOU KNOW THAT, KIND OF
THING.
AND I WAS SCARED AT FIRST
BUT THEN HE WOULDN'T -- HE
DIDN'T HAVE THE HEART TO
STOP ME.
>> HE SELECTED YOU OVER
OTHERS.
>> RIGHT.
>> OH, YEAH, IT WAS A
PROCESS OF AUDITIONING
ON TAPE.
I GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO
SAID DON'T DO IT, MAN, IT'S
TAKE ROUSE MAN, YOU'RE A BIG
STAR, COULD BLOW IT ALL,
LIKE THAT, AND I WAS RIGHT
IN THERE VIVA LAS VEGAS!
>> HOW DID YOU GET IN
MOVIES -- SHOWING CLIPS
OBVIOUSLY -- HOW DID YOU GET
THAT LOOK TO LOOK SO
UNCANNILY LIKE HIM?
BECAUSE YOU DON'T LOOK LIKE
HIM?
YOU DON'T LOOK LIKE HIM.
>> IT'S JUST -- IT'S JUST
WHAT'S INSIDE, YOU KNOW?
>> WHERE DID YOU FIND IT?
>> I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE --
THE LOOK JUST KIND OF
EVOLVED AND WE TRIED THINGS,
THE FIRST DAY OF SHOOTING
THEY PUT THIS BIG NOSE ON ME
AND STUFF AND TRIED TO GIVE
ME ANDY'S NOSE AND IT
TOTALLY DESTROYED THE LOOK
BECAUSE THE REST OF MY FACE
IS STRUCTURED DIFFERENTLY
AND STUFF SO I GAINED 15
POUNDS TO MAKE MY FACE ROUND
AND STILL HAVEN'T LOST THE
***.
[LAUGHTER]
>> HOW ABOUT THOSE EYES,
AT ANDY WOULD DO --
>> IT'S JUST A FEELING, IT'S
A FEELING.
>> REALLY?
>> YEAH, IT REALLY IS.
ANDY WAS MOSTLY ABOUT THE
FEELING OF WONDER.
AND THE FEELING OF
THAT HE HAS SOME KIND OF
WED LITTLE SURPRISE THAT
HE HAS THAT YOU CAN'T SEE
BECAUSE YOU COULDN'T
POSSIBLY HANDLE IT!
YOU KNOW THAT KIND OF THING
SO IT'S THAT KIND OF YOU
KNOW SHOULD I SHOW YOU.
>> WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS
REALLY TAKING IT FROM WITHIN,
AND WHEN THAT HAPPENS YOU
BEGIN TO LOOK LIKE HIM.
>> RIGHT!
LARRY: IS IT DIFFICULT TO
PLAY SOMEONE THAT WE HAVE
SEEN AS OPPOSED TO THE
TRUMAN SHOW, CHARACTERER WHO
YOU'RE INVENTING.
>> RIGHT.
LARRY: THIS IS NOT -- THIS
IS -- ANDY KAUFMAN WE KNOW.
>> THERE'S LOT OF MATERIAL
AND THINGS LIKE THAT -- THE
WEIRDEST PART ABOUT IT IS
THERE ARE A HECK OF A LOT OF
PEOPLE THAT ARE STILL LIVING
THAT KNEW HIM VERY WELL AND
TO WHOM IT'S INCREDIBLY
IMPORTANT THAT HE'S
PORTRAYED IN THE RIGHT WAY.
AND THAT WAS THE HARDEST
PART ABOUT IT IS NOT TRYING
TO PLEASE THEM BUT TRYING
TO --.
LARRY: DO IT RIGHT.
>> TRYING TO DO IT RIGHT AND
MAKE SURE THAT -- THAT YOU
DON'T DESTROY THE LEGACY,
YOU KNOW?
AND THAT WAS A LOT OF
PRESSURE.
HIS FATHER TOLD ME ONE OF
THE MAIN CONCERNS WAS THAT
YOU KNOW, PEOPLE DIDN'T
UNDERSTAND.
THEY JUST THOUGHT, YOU KNOW,
HE'S DOING -- WRESTLING
WOMEN AND IT -- WHAT HE WAS
MOST CONCERNED -- AND THE
FAMILY WAS MOST CONCERNED
ABOUT IS THAT -- IS THAT
ANDY WAS SHOWN FOR WHO HE
WAS WHICH IS A PERSON WHO
HAD THIS CHILD-LIKE WONDER
AND REALLY DIDN'T COME AT IT
IN A NASTY WAY AS MUCH AS HE
JUST DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY
PEOPLE SHOULD GET SO UPSET
BECAUSE HE'S JUST PLAYING A
ROLE.
LARRY: IS IT A THIN LINE
TO -- WE TALKED TO JACK
LEMMON ABOUT THIS --
>> QUIT BRAGGING.
LARRY: NOT BRAGGING.
HE WAS ON THE SHOW.
HE'S A NAME, YOU WANT MORE?
I'LL THROW MORE AT YOU.
>> SICK!
LARRY: WE ASKED BRANDO
ONCE -- SINATRA SAID TO ME.
>> YEAH, RIGHT, AND HE
KISSED YOU.
LARRY: HE DID.
DON'T.
DON'T.
>> HOW WAS IT, BY THE WAY?
LARRY: IT WAS -- CAN'T STOP
THINKING ABOUT HIM.
>> NOT BAD.
NOT BAD.
[LAUGHTER]
LARRY: IS IT A THIN LINE
BETWEEN PLAYING SOMETHING
AND IMPERSONATING, IN OTHER
WORDS, WERE YOU PLAYING ANDY
KAUFMAN, BEING ANDY KAUFMAN
OR HAVING SEEN HIM,
IMPERSONATING HIM?
IT REALLY WASN'T -- IT
WASN'T IMPERSONATING BECAUSE
YOU'RE -- YOU'RE KIND OF --
YOU'RE COMING FROM A KERNEL
THAT'S INSIDE OF A PERSON.
IT'S NOT LIKE OKAY,
PHYSICALLY I GOT TO GET THIS
POCKET.
THAT COMES -- TOGETHER.
THAT COMES LATER BUT IT'S --
WHAT IS THIS GUY ABOUT?
WHAT IS THE ESSENCE THAT YOU
WANT TO ZERO IN ON AND THOSE
ARE THE BEST KIND OF
IMPRESSIONS IF YOU WANT TO
CALL THEM -- IT'S THE ONES
THAT -- I WALKED OUT OF ON
GOLDEN POND AND I FIRST SAW
IT AND I WAS DOING THE FACE,
BUT I DIDN'T KNOW IT.
I WAS JUST REPEATING LINES
FROM THE MOVIE BUT BECAUSE
THE FEELING WAS SO STRONG
AND WHAT HENRY FONDA DID WAS
SO STRONG IT JUST HAPPENED.
AND THAT'S THE BEST KIND.
LARRY: DO YOU HAVE THE LIKE
THE CHARACTER YOU'RE
PLAYING?
>> YOU HAVE TO HAVE -- YOU
HAVE TO UNDERSTAND -- HAVE
COMPASSION F HIM, SURE, I
THINK --.
LARRY: NO MATTER WHO IT IS,
RIGHT.
>> YEAH I DON'T THINK IT
WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO PLAY A
CHARACTER YOU GO WELL, THIS
GUY IS A JERK.
LARRY: SO EVEN IF YOU'RE
PLAYING EVIL --
>> UH-HUH.
YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT
THIS PERSON WAS A BABY AT
ONE TIME WHO DIDN'T RECEIVE
THE PROPER LOVE OR WHATEVER
IT IS.
LARRY: DOESN'T LOOK IN THE
MIRROR AND SAY I AM EVIL.
>> RIGHT, NO, OR ELSE IF HE
DOES SENSE THAT HE'S EVIL
HE'S KIND OF LIKE TRYING TO,
LIKE, JUST IGNORE IT.
>> TO SOMEONE WHO HAD NEVER
SEEN ANDY KAUFMAN OR ONLY
NEW HIM FROM "TAXI" WHICH IS
WHERE MOST OF THE WORLD KNEW
HIM MOSTLY, MAYBE THE BEST
SIT COME EVER DONE.
>> WAS HIS LEAST FAVORITE
WORK.
>> LEAST FAVORITE DOESN'T
COME THROUGH IN THE FILM BUT
IT WAS HYSTERICAL WELL
WRITTEN AND HE PLAYED IT --
>> HE WAS AMAZING BUT DIDN'T
WANT TO TO -- DIDN'T
REHEARSE, DIDN'T WANT TO BE■
THERE BASICALLY.
LARRY: MEDITATED FOR AN HOUR
--
>> EXACTLY.
THEY TOLD ME THEY'D GO
LOOKING FOR HIM SHOW DAY AND
HE WAS IN HIS CORDOBA ON THE
LOT SOMEONE HE'D PARKED
SOMEWHERE.
LARRY: ALSO GOOD IDEA TO
HAVE TO THE REAL CHARACTERS,
JUDD HIRSCH WAS IN THERE
MARILU HENNER.
>> THAT WAS GREAT, GREAT.
LARRY: GREAT TO HAVE THEM --
>> THEY WERE DRIV AND LITTLE
CRAZY.
ANDY WAS TOUGH TO DEAL WITH.
LARRY: OH, HE WAS.
>> OH, YEAH SO, HE PLAYED
TONY CLIFTON WHEN TONY
CLIFTON WAS THERE HE PLAYED
IT -- HE CALLED IT SHARING
HIS MUSIC WITH THE REST OF
THE PEOPLE IN THE MAKEUP
TRAILER BUT REALLY WHAT IT
WAS WAS BLATION THEM OUT OF
THEIR SEATS WITH THE
CHIPMUNKS' CHRISTMAS SONG 60
TIMES IN A ROW KIND OF THING
JUST TO KEEP THEM ON EDGE A
LITTLE BIT.
LARRY: WE'LL ASK ABOUT
SIMILARTIES BETWEEN CARREY
AND THIS C
WHAT ARE YOU DOING.
>> I AM FIXING THIS PLACE
UP.
>> DO YOU HAVE TO BE SILLY?
IS THAT IT?
>> I AM FILLING TIME.
>>.
LARRY: ARE YOU STILL A
LITTLE BOY.
>> ARE YOU STILL A LITTLE
BOY, AREN'T YOU, JIM, JIM IS
STILL A LITTLE TROUBLE --
>> IT'S SICK I AM.
I AM A LATE BLOOMER, I DON'T
EVEN HAVE HARRIOT.
LARRY: WHAT DO YOU WANT TO
BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
>> SORRY.
I HAVE A LITTLE BIT ON THE
SIDE.
I COMB IT OVER.
LARRY: WHO INFLUENCED YOU,
DID YOU HAVE AN INFLUENCE?
>> I WAS A HUGE *** VAN
*** FAN GROWING UP.
LARRY: GOING TO BE WITH US.
>> REALLY, I LOVE LIMB SO
MUCH.
LARRY: WITH MARY
TYLER-MOORE.
WHAT DID HE DO?
>> HE WAS A GUY WHO DID OVER
THE TOP COMEDY, DID DID
CLOWNING THING BUT PUT
ANYTIME CONTEXT AND YOU
BELIEVED THE CHARACTER AND
THAT WAS HIS GENIUS.
HE WAS ABLE TO DO THAT AND
YOU KNOW, LIKE PEOPLE LIKE
THAT THAT CAN BE -- THAT CAN
DO THAT, WHAT'S NOT
CONVENTIONAL.
LARRY: WHEN DID JIM CARREY
KNOW HE WANTED TO DO WHAT
HE'S DOING?
>> FOREVER.
>> AS -- ANDY KAUFMAN KNEW
IT WHEN HE WAS FIVE.
>> TINY.
LARRY: YOU KNEW IT THEN.
>> I WAS SHUT IN MY ROOM.
ALL THE OTHER KIDS WERE OUT
PLAYING AND DOING WHATEVER
AND I AM TRYING TO YOU KNOW,
GET THE JOHNNIE MATHIS
IMPRESSION DOWN OR WHATEVER.
FOR ME, IT WAS ALL ABOUT
WHEN ARE WE GOING TO HAVE
COMPANY AGAIN AND WILL I
HAVE THE SHOW READY TO GO?
LARRY: YOU WERE VERY POOR,
RIGHT?
THIS WAS A POOR HOUSEHOLD
YOU WERE IN.
LARRY: INITIALLY WE WERE
KIND OF LOWER MIDDLE CLASS
THEN WE WENT IN THE DUMPER,
YOU KNOW, SO IT WAS WORSE
BASE KNEW THE OTHER -- YOU
KNOW --.
LARRY: YOU ALL WORKED?
THE WHOLE FAMILY THIS TO GO
TO WORK, YOU LIVED THE
TRAILERS ET CETERA.
>> YEAH, YEAH.
LARRY: DID YOU INVENT
IMAGINARY CHARACTERS TO GET
OUT OF THIS IN A SENSE.
>> I DID.
I DID PRANKS.
I TRIED TO START RACE RIOTS
IN THE FACTORY.
IDEA LIKE, YOU KNOW, PUT
COVERALLS AND -- AND --
AND -- AND WORK BOOT DEMS A
PRECARIOUS SITUATION IN --
INSIDE A CUBICLE AND, YOU
KNOW, AND -- CALL EVERYBODY
IN, HEY, LOOK AT THIS, MAN!
LARRY: YOU WERE TROUBLE.
>> THEY'D BLAME EACH OTHER.
THEY'D BE LIKE, IT'S TOO
BLACK GUYS MAN.
LARRY: YOU LIKE MAKING
TROUBLE?
>> IT'S FUN SOMETIMES, SURE,
SURE.
LARRY: PITTING ONE AGAINST
THE OTHER?
SO I WAS SO ANGRY AT THAT
TIME.
LARRY: AT?
>> AT THE WORLD FOR MY
FATHER NOT WORKING AND
THINGS LIKE THAT, OF COURSE,
THE WORLD WAS RESPONSIBLE,
AND I -- YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT
OF A LOT OF WAYS TO KIND OF
VENT THAT ACER, AND THAT WAS --
ANK THAT ANGER, AND THAT WAS
KIND OF --.
LARRY: WERE YOU AN ANDY
KAUFMAN FAN?
>> YEAH, SURE.
THE FIRST TIME I EVER SAW
HIM WAS ON *** VAN ***
VARIETY SHOW.
HE DID FOREIGN MAN.
I JUST LOVED THE FACT THAT'S
CAME IN WITH THIS CHARACTER
OF THE GUY THAT DIDN'T
REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT A
JOKE WAS ABOUT, SO HE'D
LEAVE THE PUNCH LINE OFF AND
I AM LIKE GOING, WOW, THIS
IS GREAT.
THIS IS SO --.
LARRY: HE WAS MAYBE THE
PRIME RISK TAKER, RIGHT?
>> YEAH.
LARRY: HE DIDN'T EVEN LOOK
AT IT AS RISK TAKING.
DO YOU THINK YOU'RE A RISK
TAKER?
>> I THINK SO.
I THINK SO.
I DON'T THINK I HAVE GOTTEN
SAFE.
LARRY: YOU TAKE CHANCES?
>> SURE, ABSOLUTELY.
IT'S -- BASICALLY, ALL WE
GOT IS RIGHT NOW.
THIS IS IT.
LARRY: CORRECT.
>> THAT'S KIND OF SAD, ISN'T
IT IT MAN.
[LAUGHTER]
LARRY: YOU AND ME ON A
DESERT ISLAND, THAT'S IT.
>> OH, MAN!
BUT -- BUT YOU KNOW, SO,
YEAH, THIS IS WHAT IT'S
ABOUT.
IT'S NOT ABOUT, YOU KNOW,
LIKE SOMEDAY DOWN THE ROAD,
I AM GOING TO HAVE A BIG
HOUSE AND THIS AND THAT.
THE FIRST TIME I EVER GOT A
BIG PAYDAY WAS "DUMB AND
DUMBER" AND --.
LARRY: WHAT WAS THAT LIKE?
>> IT WAS WONDERFUL, BUT AT
THE SAME TIME, IT SCARED ME,
AND I THOUGHT TO MYSELF,
GOSH THAT'S -- THAT'S SO
MUCH MONEY, AND YOU KNOW,
THEY'RE GOING TO BE
EXPECTING ME TO BE THIS KIND
OF -- SORT OF STAR-LEADING
MAN THING SO, THE FIRST
THING I DID WAS TOOK MY BIG
LIGHTER AND WHACKED MY TOOTH
OUT, WHACKED MY BONDING OUT
AND HAD THEM PUT A BOWL CUT
ON MY HEAD.
I WANTED TO BE AS UGLY AS I
COULD POSSIBLY BE.
LARRY: WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO
SEE A HUGE CHECK FOR THE
FIRST TIME WHEN YOU WERE A
POOR KID?
>> YOU KNOW, THE WEIRDEST
THING IS THAT I -- I HAVE
NEVER WORRIED ABOUT MONEY,
NEVER, EVER.
AND I JUST --.
LARRY: IT'S NOT -- DRIVING
FORCE --
>> MAYBE BECAUSE I WENT
THERE AND LIVED THAT WAY.
WE LIVED ON THE ROAD IN A
VAN FOR A WHILE AFTER WE
WERE IN THE WORST JOBS OF
OUR LIVES AND WE WERE MAKING
MONEY AND WE DECIDED TO QUIT
BECAUSE WE WERE TURNING INTO
MONSTERS, WE LIVED IN A VAN
AND WE WERE HAPPIER THAN WE
EVER HAD BEEN.
AND I GUESS THAT TAUGHT ME,
YOU KNOW, TO TRUST THE
UNIVERSE, YOU KNOW, AND --
I -- USED TO DRIVE PEOPLE
CRAZY.
MY FIRST WIFE WOULD GO CRAZY
BECAUSE SHE'S -- WE DON'T
HAVE A CHECK.
WHERE'S THE RENT COMING
FROM?
AND I JUST NEVER WORRIED
ABOUT IT, EVER.
SO IT ALWAYS CAME, ABOUT IT
JUST KEEPS COMING, AND IT'S
RIDICULOUS.
LARRY: TALK ABOUT THAT IN A
MINUTE.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH THE
BRILLIANT JIM CARREY.
HE DIDN'T GET NOMINATED FOR
"THE TRUMAN SHOW" WHICH WAS
ROBBERY IN A SENSE.
>> BITTER SO VERY BITTER
OOH.
HOW DID JIM CARREY --
>> YOU KNOW HOW TO MAKE A
GUY RELAX, I'LL TELL YOU
THAT MUCH --.
LARRY: STOP!
NO KIDDING -- GO ANYWHERE
YOU LIKE, JIM.
>> OKAY.
ALL RIGHT.
LARRY: HOW DID "IN LIVING
COLOR" COME ABOUT, THAT WAS
YOUR BREAK, RIGHT?
>> THAT WAS THE ***
VERSION, IN LOVING COLOR.
RIGHT.
THERE'S PRETTY MUCH A ***
VERSION OF EVERYTHING.
THE LARRY KING-SIZED SHOW I
THINK IS --.
LARRY: WHERE DID THEY FIND
YOU?
HOW DID THEY FIND YOU FOR
THAT?
>> WELL, I HAVE --■■ I WEAR A
SWEATER, AND I GO TO THIS
ICE-CREAM FOUNTAIN EVERY
ONCE IN A WHILE AND REALLY
SHOW IT OFF, NO, LANA TURNER
KIND OF -- WHO WAS THAT, BY
THE WAY.
LARRY: RIGHT, LANAú TURNER
RIGHT HERE AT SCHWABS.
>> I HAVE KNOWLEDGE BEYOND
MY YEARS.
>> SHE WAS FAMOUS.
>> WAS SHE.
>>.
LARRY: SHE WAS IN THE
NEWSPAPERS.
>> LOOK AT IT NOW.
LARRY: EASY COME --
>> THIS IS NOT GOING TO
MATTER.
WHAT ARE WE DOING?
LET'S GO TO THE BAR!
[LAUGHTER]
LARRY: YOU HAVE GOT A POINT.
>> I KNOW, IT'S JUST -- JUST
A SPECK OF SAND.
LARRY: AH WELL -- HOW DID
THEY FIND YOU FOR "IN LIVING
COLOR" WELL, I KNEW DAMON
WAYANS FROM THE CLU, CO■EDY
CLUBS.
>> YOU WERE WORKING CLUBS.
>> YEAH, I DID A 15 YEARS IN■■
THE COMEDY CLUB WAS IS A
Ph.D OF SOME KIND.
LARRY: 15 YEARS!
>> YEAH, THAT WAS -- THAT
WAS A GREAT RIDE, I THINK --
I HAD A GREAT TIME.
BUT I MET DAMON THERE, AND
HE ASKED ME TO COME AND
AUDITION FOR IT, AND THERE
WAS LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, 500
PEOPLE IN A HALLWAY,
EVERYBODY -- ALL OF THESE
DESPERATE LUNATICS IN THE
HALLWAY JUST WAITING TO GO
IN THERE AND THE FIRST THING
I DID WHEN I WENT IN WAS --
I HAD TO MAKE SOME HARD
CHARACTER CHOICES SO I
PLAYED EVERYTHING AS NIPSY
RUSSELL WHICH WON'T MEAN
ANYTHING TO THE AUDIENCE.
[LAUGHTER]
LARRY: YES, IT WILL!
>> OKAY.
LARRY: WHAT WAS IT LIKE
BEING THE ONLY CAUCASIAN ON
A SHOW?
>> THE FUNNY THING WAS THAT
THAT WAS THE THING WHEN WE
FIRST STARTED.
I HAD SO MANY PEOPLE COME UP
TO ME AND SAY MAN YOU'RE
GOING TO BE THE WHITE
GARRETT MORRIS AND ALL OF
THIS.
AND -- AND I JUST -- THEY
WERE INCREDIBLY FAIR AND
INCREDIBLY -- EVERYBODY GOT
MADE FUN OF AND EVERYBODY
GOT THEIR CHANCE TO SHINE,
AND YOU KNOW, I WAS -- I WAS
DESPERATE.
I MEAN, I WAS CRAZED, AND
DAMON REALLY, YOU KNOW, TOOK
ME IN THERE AND SAID, THIS
IS WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE
TO, DO YOU KNOW, YOU'RE
GOING TO HAVE TO WRITE.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE REALLY
GET AFTER IT TO GET ON THIS
SHOW TO GET IN THERE.
AND I DID SO, --.
LARRY: THAT SHOW TOOK NO
PRISONERS RIGHT.
>> NONE.
LARRY: THAT WAS --
>> HALF OF THE TIME WHENDY A
SKETCH I FELT LIKE -- I SAID
PRAYERS ON THE WAY HOME
BECAUSE I FELT LIKE I WAS
GOING TO HELL.
FIRE MARSHAL BILL THE FIRST
TIME THAT WAS EVER DONE.
LARRY: TELL ME.
>> EVERYBODY THOUGHT IT WAS
MAKEUP FIRST OF ALL.
I COULD ONLY DO A MINUTE IN
AT A TIME BECAUSE IT'S
LIKE --
[LAUGHTER]
I SEE SOME VIOLATIONS.
[LAUGHTER]
HA, HA, HA!
THIS PLACE COULD GO UP LIKE
A TINDERBOX, YOU KNOW?
[LAUGHTER]
>> BUT IT'S -- IT GETS SORE,
YOU KNOW?
IT'S LIKE YOU GET A MINUTE
WITH THAT THEN IT'S LIKE --
YAH!
YOU KNOW?
BUT --
[LAUGHTER]
I WENT HOME, THE FIRST TIME
I EVER DID THAT SKETCH I
WENT HOME GOING, THAT IS MY
TICKET.
THAT'S MY TICKET RIGHT
THERE.
LARRY: OUT OF THAT DID YOU
GET THE MOVIE OFFER?
DID THAT TAKE YOU TO
HOLLYWOOD?
>> WELL, ABSOLUTELY, YEAH,
ABSOLUTELY.
IT WAS ABOUT THE THIRD YEAR
OF QU9 IN LIVING COLOR" I
STARTED BEING JIM CARREY
INSTEAD OF "THE WHITE GUY,"
AND -- AND THAT'S WHEN I GOT
THE OPPORTUNITY.
LARRY: ALL OF THOSE YEARS OF
COMEDY CLUBS WHICH MEANS YOU
DID MINOLOGY RIGHT, YOU GOT
UP AND TOLD STORIES.
>> I DID IMPRESSIONS.
I DID THE WHIZBANG
IMPRESSIONIST --.
LARRY: YOU WERE A STANDUP.
>> RIGHT.
LARRY: YOU NEVER ACTED?
>> HUH-UH.
LARRY: UNTIL "IN LIVING
COLOR."
>> I DID A COUPLE OF THINGS
HERE AND THERE BUT NOTHING
OF NOTE.
LARRY: YOU WERE NOT KNOWN AS
A SKETCH COMIC.
>> NO, NO, NOT AT ALL OR A
CHARACTER GUY.
I HADN'T CREATED CHARACTERS.
I DESPERATELY WENT INTO
CHARACTER MOD WHEN I DID
THAT SHOW.
LARRY: THE FIRST MOVIE WAS
THE MASSING?
OR ACE VENTURA.
>> I'D DONE CALM OF OTHER
MOVIES BUT THE FIRST ONE
AFTER IN LIVING COLOR WAS
"ACE VENTURA."
THAT WAS GREAT BECAUSE THAT
WAS A CHANCE FOR ME.
THEY GAVE ME THE SCRIPT AND
IT WASN'T VERY GOOD AND I
JUST SAID, OKAY, I WANT TO
TOTALLY REWRITE IT BUT AT
THE END OF IT IF IT SUCKS I
DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO DO IT.
I KIND OF HAD THE TRAP DOOR
AND I JUST HAD SO MUCH FUN
WRITING IT!
LARRY: DID YOU HAVE ANY IDEA
THAT WOULD BECOME WHAT IT
BECAME ALMOST LIKE A
FRANCHISE?
>> YEAH, I AM THE PROBLEM
WITH THAT WHOLE THING, THE
FRANCHISE THING.
LARRY: WHY?
I JUST DON'T LIKE TO DO
THINGS OVER.
LARRY: I KNOW, SO -- BUT YOU
HAD NO IDEA IT WOULD HIT
THOUGH.
>> WHILE WE WERE DOING IT,
IT WAS THE KIND OF THING
WHERE ME AND TOM SHADIAC
WOULD SIT AROUND AND GO THIS
IS HILARIOUS MAN, THIS IS
FUNNY STUFF.
IT'S, LIKE MAKING US LAUGH.
DOES IT BOTHER YOU, THE
SOUND GUY WHEN --.
LARRY: PROBABLY DOES.
HE'LL BUST IN HERE.
IT WILL BE IN THE TABLOIDS
NEXT WEEK.
>> BLOOD, TRICKLE.
LARRY: CARREY KILLS
ENGINEER.
[LAUGHTER]
>> WE WOULD SIT AROUND EVERY
NIGHT GOING THIS IS EITHER
GOING TO BE THE END OF US OR
THE FUNNIEST THING EVER AND
A CULT CLASSIC.
LARRY: THAT'S WHAT IT
BECAME.
>> THAT WAS FEELING.
IT WAS TOTAL DESTRUCTION OR
TOTAL POPULARITY.
LARRY: AND YOU DID A
FOLLOW-UP TO IT.
>> YES, I DID THAT'S THE
ONLY SEQUEL I'D EVER DONE,
AND I DIDN'T ENJOY IT.
LARRY: BECAUSE?
>> BECAUSE I WAS IMITATING
MYSELF.
THE CHARACTER'S ALREADY BEEN
CREATED AND THAT WAS A
MOMENT JUST LIKE WE WERE
TALKING ABOUT MOMENT TO
MOMENT.
LARRY: DON'T THE SUITS SAY,
JIM, THIS IS MONEY.
>> YEAH EXACTLY, BUT THAT'S
NOT -- THAT'S NOT REASON
ENOUGH, YOU KNOW?
AND THAT'S WHAT IT COMES OFF
AS I BELIEVE.
LARRY: JIM CARREY IS THE
GUEST.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
THE MOVIE IS "MAN ON THE
MOON."
HE PLAYS ANDY KAUFMAN.
HE'S TERRIFIC.
EVERYBODY IN IT IS TERRIFIC.
>> IT'S UNCANNY.
LARRY: TELL THEM -- JUS
WE'RE BACK WITH JIM CARREY.
DO YOU -- IS MOVIE MAKING IT
NOW?
YOU'RE ONE OF THE HIGHEST
PAID PEOPLE OUT HERE.
YOU WERE THE FIRST ONE TO
GET A $20 MILLION MOVIE,
RIGHT.
>> THAT'S WHAT THEY SAY,
YEAH.
I THINK STALLONE TRIED TO
RIP IT ALL.
HE WENT OUT THERE -- I HAVE
GOT 80 MILLION.
>> YOU DON'T DO IT FOR MONEY
THOUGH, THAT'S THE WAY THEY
KEEP SCORE.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS
ISSUE, IN THE TOP THING, AND
THAT'S IMPORTANT I GUESS,
BUT NO, I HAVE GUYS THAT
THAT'S ALL THEY THINK ABOUT.
[LAUGHTER]
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
I DON'T LIVE IN THAT WORD.
>> GOT THIS TODAY AND THE
VENTURE HERE AND THIS IS A
WRITEOFF --
>> I DON'T LIVE IN THAT
WORLD, YOU KNOW, AND I DON'T
LIVE IN THE WORLD OF LIKE,
WELL, WE HAVE GOT TO DOUBLE
IT NEXT TIME KIND OF THING.
LARRY: YOU DON'T DO IT FOR
MONEY.
>> NO WAY!
NO WAY.
LARRY: WOULD YOU THEREFORE
DO SOMETHING -- WOULD YOU DO
A BROADWAY SHOW FOR LESS IS.
>> CLEAN YOUR CAR.
LARRY: WOULD YOU CLEAN MY
CAR.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
LARRY: OKAY.
WOULD YOU DO A COMEDY ACT
AGAIN?
>> SURE NOT OUT OF THE
QUESTION.
LARRY: CONCERT?
>> YEAH, ANYTHING IS
POSSIBLE, JUST DEPENDS ON
WHETHER I GET BORED■■■■ WITH
WHERE I AM AT.
IT■■ REALLYñ■ COMES DOWN TO
THAT.
LARRY: DO YOU THINK BACK A
LOT TO THE EARLY DAYS?
I MEAN ARE YOU THE KIND OF
GUY WHO THINKS I LIVED IN A
TRAILER?
NAH.
LARRY: YOU DON'T?
>> NO.
IT WAS ALL A GOOD LIFE, YOU
KNOW?
IT WAS -- IT WAS OKAY, YOU
KNOW?
I HAD SOME GREAT TIMES IN
THAT TRAILER -- IN THE -- IN
THE VAN, YOU KNOW.
I DON'T --.
LARRY: YOU DON'T DWELL ON
IT?
>> NO, ABSOLUTELY NOT.
AND I -- AS I SAID, I DON'T
THINK ABOUT IT.
I NEVER HAVE.
I HAVE ALWAYS THOUGHT ABOUT
WHAT CAN I DO THAT'S
CREATIVE.
LARRY: YOU BRING IT TO YOUR
COMEDY THOUGH?
WE BRING ALL OF OUR
EXPERIENCES TO WHAT WE DO.
>> SURE.
ALTHOUGH THE ANGER TOWARDS
THE WORLD ABOUT MY FATHER
AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THOSE
ARE THINGS THAT HAVE TO BE
DEALT WITH IN SOME WAY AND
YOU EITHER BECOME THE
SHOOTER OR YOU BECOME
SOMEBODY WHO IS CREATIVE AND
FUNNY OR WHATEVER.
LARRY: MAYBE THE MOST
DIFFICULT THING IS SELECTION,
RIGHT?
WHAT DO YOU PICK TO DO?
WHAT'S YOUR GUIDING -- DO
YOU HAVE A -- YOU SAY -- YOU
GET A SCRIPT.
>> YEAH.
LARRY: WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING
FOR?
>> IS IT SHORT, EASY TO
READ?
[LAUGHTER]
LARRY: DO I UNDERSTAND IT?
>> CAN I GET IT ON TAPE?
[LAUGHTER]
LARRY: WHAT -- WHAT IS IT?
>> I JUST LOOK FOR SOMETHING
THAT'S DIFFERENT AND
CREATIVE OR -- OR, YOU KNOW,
IF IT'S -- IF IT'S BALLS-OUT
FUNNY, EVEN IF IT'S NOT HIGH
COMEDY, IF IT'S -- IF
IT'S -- IF IT'S NOT
APOLOGIZING, IF -- IF IT'S A
GREAT CORRECTER THAT I HAVE
NEVER WORKED WITH --
DIRECTOR -- BEFORE, THERE
ARE SO MANY FACTORS THAT
COME INTO IT.
LARRY: DO YOU HAVE TO BE THE
STAR?
>> THAT'S NOT ENTIRELY
NECESSARY, NO.
LARRY: IN OTHER WORDS IF YOU
GOT A SCRIPT WHERE YOU WERE
LIKE FOURTH START AND YOU
LOVED IT AND A DIRECTOR YOU
WANTED TO WORK WITH.
>> YEAH, I WOULD DO THAT,
SURE, ABSOLUTELY,
ABSOLUTELY.
LARRY: GOOD TO HEAR.
>> YEAH.
LARRY: WHO IS A DIRECTOR YOU
WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH?
>> THERE'S A LOT, SCORSESE,
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I WOULD
LOVE TO WORK WITH THESE GUYS,
YOU KNOW, I CAN'T WAIT TO
BASH SOMEBODY'S BRAINS IN
WITH A BASEBALL BAT -- NO!
LARRY: ***?
>> OH, YEAH, SURE, SURE,
THAT WOULD BE GREAT TOO,
YEAH, THESE PEOPLE SCARE ME.
AND THAT'S WHAT'S GREAT, YOU
KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
LARRY: WHY?
>> YOU HAVE GOT TO BE
SCARED.
YOU HAVE GOT TO BE -- WHEN
PETER WEIR CAME TO MY HOUSE
AND SAT WITH ME FOR TRUMAN
SHOW, I WAS TERRIFIED.
I WAS LIKE -- I MEAN I KNOW
I HAVE TALENT AND ALL OF
THAT BUT THIS IS A GUY --.
LARRY: WEIR.
>> ABSOLUTELY, AND HE CAME
IN WITH A BOOK LIKE THIS OF
CREATIVITY OF THINGS HE'D
WRITTEN DOWN AND PICTURES
HE'D CUT OUT OF MAGAZINES
AND THINGS TO OIN SPIRE ME
AND I AM SITTING THERE GOING,
MY, HE'S REALLY INTO THIS,
YOU KNOW?
>> GOING
LARRY: AND NOW ANOTHER
"LARRY KING LIVE" FIRST, WE
HAVE HAD SO MANY.
JIM CARREY HAS AGREED TO
TALK THROUGH HIS NOSE.
[LAUGHTER]
LARRY: WOULD YOU TRY IT?
>> WELL, ACTUALLY, I -- THAT
WASN'T THE PURPOSE OF THIS.
THEY'RE GETTING A LITTLE BIT
OF NOISE FROM THE SHIRT.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET FROM
A DIFFERENT ANGLE, YOU KNOW,
IF WE COULD.
LARRY: HOW IS IT WORKING.
>> I THINK THIS PICKS
EVERYTHING UP NICELY.
ARE WE GETTING ANY WIND?
[LAUGHTER]
LARRY: I COULD JUST PICTURE
A GUY -- A COUPLE OF DRINKS
JUST TURNED ON THE SET.
>> UH-HUH.
THIS IS IT.
THIS IS THE BIG INTERVIEW.
>> ANDY WOULD HAVE DONE THIS,
RIGHT.
>> OF COURSE.
GOSH --.
LARRY: WE'LL FIX IT.
>> THERE WE GO.
OH, IT'S PERFECT NOW.
OKAY.
LARRY: DO YOU LIKE --
[LAUGHTER]
DID YOU LIKE "THE TRUMAN
SHOW" THE MINUTE YOU READ
IT.
>> I LOVED "THE TRUMAN
SHOW."
THE TRANSCRIPT FOR THAT WAS
ONE OF THE BEST THINGS I HAD
EVER READ, GREAT, GREAT,
GREAT, AND WHAT PETER WEIR
BROUGHT TO IT TOO WAS SO
COOL BECAUSE IT WAS KIND OF
A POSTAPOCALYPTIC DARK, IT
WAS KIND OF A NEW YORK KIND
OF SETTING AND STUFF.
BUT PETER TOOK IT AND PUT IT
IN THIS PSYCHOTIC POSTCARD
LAND THAT MADE IT SO
INSIDIOUS, YOU KNOW?
AND THAT WAS THE MAGICAL
THING TO DO --.
LARRY: DID YOU THINK IT DID
AS WELL AS IT DID?
THE AUDIENCE GOT IT.
IT WAS A BIG MOVIE, IT WAS
REALLY HIP.
>> I KNEW IT WOULD BE A BIG
FIRST WEEKEND!
LARRY: YOU DID!
>> NO, I NEVER COUNT MY
CHICKENS.
I DIDN'T KNOW.
I DIDN'T KNOW.
IT WAS A COMPLETELY
DIFFERENT ANIMAL FOR ME, YOU
KNOW?
AND I -- AS I SAID, I DON'T
EVER COUNT ON ANYTHING.
I JUST SAY --.
LARRY: RUELY DISAPPOINTED
ABOUT IT NOT GETTING
NOMINATED BECAUSE EVERYONE
MADE IT LIKE A SURE THING?
>> NOT FOR MYSELF.
I WAS DISAPPOINTED THE MOVIE
WASN'T BETTER RECEIVED AND
PETER WEIR WASN'T -- BECAUSE
I CAN HE HAD THE MOST
DIFFICULT JOB OF MY OF THOSE
DIRECTORS IN TERMS OF
INTERPRETING A SCRIPT.
THAT WAS A VERY DIFFICULT
THING TO DO, AND WHAT
VANTAGE POINT DO YOU COME
FROM AND THERE ARE SO MANY
THINGS COMING ON -- GOING
ON.
HE DID AN AMAZING JOB WITH
THAT.
I THINK IT WAS A TRULY
ORIGINAL MOVIE: THAT WAS
DISAPPOINTING THAT THAT
WASN'T RECOGNIZED.
LARRY: PERSONALLY THOUGH --
>> AND "THIN RED LINE," COME
ON!
NO.
[SNORING]
[LAUGHTER]
HMM.
FELL ASLEEP IN FRONT OF THE■
MONA LISA, SO --.
LARRY: BUT YOU WEREN'T
PERSONALLY BUGGED?
YOU HAD TO BE A LITTLE
BUGGED BECAUSE EVERYONE WAS
SAYING, YOU'RE GOING TO BE
NOMINATED!
>> NO, YOU KNOW, HONESTLY.
LARRY: REALLY?
>> IT COMES THE TIME, THE
NIGHT BEFORE THE NOMINATIONS
COME OUT AND EVERYBODY GOING,
YOU GOING TO BE UP AT 5:00!
AND IT'S JUST LIKE -- NO!
LARRY: WERE YOU?
>> NO, I WASN'T, NO, I
WAITED FOR THE CALL THAT
NEVER CAME, BASICALLY.
I WAS -- Y50U7B ITS IT'S
THAT TYPE OF THING, YOU
KNOW?
I WOKE UP AT MY NORMAL TIME,
AND I KNEW THAT IF I DIDN'T
GET A CALL AT 5:00 FROM
EVERYBODY IN THE WORLD THAT
IT WASN'T HAPPENING AND THAT
WAS OKAY.
LARRY: WAS THAT YOUR FINEST
WORK?
>> IT'S JUST DIFFERENT.
IT'S DIFFERENT.
YOU KNOW, I LIKE IT.
I THINK IT'S GREAT.
LARRY: NOT BETTER THAN
OTHERS.
>> NO, IT'S NOT BETTER THAN
ACE.
I DON'T THINK IT'S BETTER
THAN ACE.
I THINK ACE WAS A REALLY
INTERESTING -- PIECE OF
WORK.
BUT IT'S JUST DIFFERENT.
IT'S JUST DIFFERENT.
IT COMES FROM A DIFFERENT
PLACE, AND THAT'S OKAY TOO.
LARRY: HOW DO YOU REACT WITH
THIS -- THE BAD SIDE OF FAME
WHICH IS TABLOIDS WRITING
ABOUT YOU INNUENDO, GOSSIP
--
>> YEAH.
LARRY: -- THAT YOU DIDN'T
HAVE BACK AT THE COMEDY
CLUB.
>> MOST OF THE TIME IT
DOESN'T REALLY MATTER.
LARRY: NO?
>> DOESN'T MATTER, NO.
WELL I HAVE LEARNED THROUGH
EXPERIENCE THAT UNLESS THEY
CALL YOU SOMETHING THAT
MIGHT HURT SOMEBODY IN YOUR
FAMILY, YOU KNOW, OR
SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT'S
WHEN IT GETS STICKY IS WHEN
IT AFFECTS THE PEOPLE AROUND
YOU MORE THAN YOURSELF
BECAUSE I KNOW, YOU KNOW,
PEOPLE PICK UP THOSE
MAGAZINES AND THEY READ THEM
BECAUSE IT'S LIKE -- YOU
KNOW?
BUT THEY DON'T REALLY
BELIEVE IT OR CARE, YOU
KNOW?
THEY JUST READ IT TO KILL
TIME.
LARRY: WALKS AROUND SAYING,
DID YOU SEE WHAT I READ
ABOUT JIM --
>> BAT BOY FOUND IN CAVE --
RUN!
JUNE?
[LAUGHTER]
LARRY: WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK
WITH JIM CARREY WHO IS
WONDERFUL IN "MAN ON THE
MOON" OPENS ON --
>> UNCANNY.
LARRY: JUST SAY GO AHEAD
WE'RE BACK WITH JIM CARREY,
"LIAR LIAR" HAD TO BE FUN.
>> "LIAR LIAR" WAS A BLAST.
ARE THESE SOCKS TOO SHORT?
>> WELL, NORMALLY THE RULE
ON TELEVISION IS YOU WEAR
HIGH SOCKS LIKE THIS.
>> OH, REALLY?
>> SO THAT YOUR LEG DOESN'T
SHOW.
>> OH, REALLY?
LARRY: BECAUSE YOU'RE JI
CARREY YOU'RE A RULE
BREAKER.
>> I HAVE A LICENSE TO KILL,
BABY.
LARRY: THE LEG SHOWS.
>> MAYBE A LITTLE HIGHER
LOOK AT THAT OOH BABY, I AM
TURNING MYSELF ON NOW, I
CAN'T -- I HAVE GOT TO SOP.
LARRY: YOU LIKE TOUCHING
YOUR LEG?
>> THE HAIR ISN'T BAD!
[LAUGHTER]
LARRY: WHAT HAPPENED WITH
"CABLE GUY"?
>> I LIKED "CABLE GUY" A
LOT.
LARRY: WHAT WENT WRONG?
I WAS ON THE SCREEN WHEN YOU
WALK IN --
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
THAT'S RIGHT.
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED!
[LAUGHTER]
LARRY: NO --
>> IT'S THE KISS OF DEATH!
[LAUGHTER]
LARRY: WHAT -- TOO DARK?
>> WELL, I GUESS SO BUT I
THINK MORE THAN ANYTHING IT
WAS A MISCONCEPTION OF WHAT
IT WAS GOING TO BE.
IT'S LIKE THEY SOLD IT LIKE
IT WAS A LIGHT COMEDY THAT
EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, WHOLE
FAMILY -- BRING YOUR WHOLE
FAMILY.
SEE JIM JUMP OFF A TOWER IN
MISERY!
[LAUGHTER]
YOU KNOW?
LARRY: THAT MAY HAVE BEEN
FAIR THOUGH TO --
>> IT'S HARD FOR A COMPANY
TO SIT THERE AND HAVE THIS,
LIKE, BIG NUGGET OF GOLD,
YOU KNOW, AND THEN GO OVER
HERE AND SAY, WELL, NO,
WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS
BECAUSE THAT NUGGET OF GOLD
DOESN'T APPLY RIGHT NOW, YOU
KNOW, SO -- THAT'S WHAT
HAPPENED.
AND -- AND UM -- AND NOBODY
LOST MONEY ON IT, SO IT'S
COOL.
LARRY: THEY DIDN'T?
>> NO, NOT A CENT.
LARRY: YOU HAVE NEVER HAD A
MOVIE LOSE, HUH?
>> WELL, I AM SURE I HAVE.
I DID SOME AFTERSCHOOL
SPECIALS IN CANADA THAT
REALLY TANKED.
[LAUGHTER]
JENNY MEETS THE BEAVER.
LARRY: ARE YOU GOING TO DO
MORE SERIOUS THINGS?
>> YEAH, I JUST WANT TO DO
EVERYTHING.
LARRY: DO YOU LIKE BEING
KNOWN?
>> I SUPPOSE SOMEWHERE IN
THERE, I DO, YEAH.
I COULD BE COOL AND SAY, YOU
KNOW, IT'S A PAIN IN THE
BUTT THIS, FAME THING!
BUT I LIKE THAT PEOPLE LIKE
WHAT I DO.
THAT WAS THE KERNEL OF IT TO
BEGIN WITH, IS THAT, YOU
KNOW, I WANTED TO BE POPULAR
LIKE MY DAD WAS, YOU KNOW,
HE WAS THE FUNNIEST GUY
EVER.
HE WAS THE KIND OF GUY THAT
YOU MET HIM -- OH, YEAH YOU
MET HIM FOR FIVE MINUTES,
YOU FELT LIKE YOU KNEW HIM
FOR 50 YEARS.
AND I WANTED THAT.
I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THE
MEGALOMANIA WOULD KICK IN
AND --
[LAUGHTER]
NO.
I JUST -- I THINK THAT'S
PART OF IT.
THAT'S PART OF IT.
I WANT PEOPLE TO LIKE ME,
SURE, THAT'S PART OF IT.
LARRY: DO YOU KNOW IT'S
FUNNY?
THIS MAY BE THE MOST
DIFFICULT THING IN MOVIE --
WHEN YOU STAND UP IN FRONT
TO HAVE AN AUDIENCE AND YOU
SAY SOMETHING, YOU KNOW
RIGHT AWAY.
THEY LAUGHED.
>> RIGHT.
LARRY: BUT IN FRONT OF A
CAMERA WHERE YOU'RE DOING
THE 11th TAKE, THE CAMERA
GUYS AIN'T LAUGHING BECAUSE
THEY CAN'T EVEN LAUGH
BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO AFFECT
THE SCENE.
>> UH-HUH.
LARRY: DO YOU KNOW IT'S
FUNNY.
>> I HAVE A GOOD SENSE OF IT
MOST OF THE TIME.
I AM WRONG SOMETIMES FOR
SURE, YOU KNOW, BUT -- BUT
I -- I HAVE A PRETTY GOOD
SENSE OF IT.
I -- I KNOW TIMINGWISE AND
THINGS LIKE THAT, I KNOW
LIKE WHEN TO CUT, WHEN NOT
TO CUT.
LARRY: THAT'S NATURAL,
RIGHT?
>> IT JUST COMES THROUGH
EXPERIENCE, I THINK, AND
THERE IS A NATURAL THING TO
IT TOO.
YOU HAVE TO KNOW IT IN YOUR
LIVING ROOM WHEN YOU'RE A
KID, YOU KNOW.
LARRY: THE AUDIENCE IS STILL
SURPRISED.
MIGHT YOU WATCH -- LET'S SAY
--
>> THIS IS KEEPING US APART.
IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
LARRY: I KNEW IT WAS COMING.
MIGHT YOU WATCH -- IT'S
GOING TO HAPPEN -- I KNOW
HE'S GOING TO DO THIS.
[LAUGHTER]
>> MIGHT YOU WATCH A FILM
WITH AN AUDIENCE SAY FOR THE
FIRST TIME WHAT DID YOU CALL
THAT WHERE THEY TEST MOVIES
--
>> THE *** THING.
LARRY: WHERE THEY DON'T
LAUGH WHERE YOU THOUGHT
THEY'D LAUGH.
>> YOU GET THE SURPRISE
LAUGH SOMETIMES BECAUSE YOU
DON'T KNOW HOW THEY'RE GOING
TO REACT WHEN IT'S ALL TIED
TOGETHER AND EDITED BECAUSE
THEN IT'S LIKE A ROLLER
COASTER AND IT PICKS UP
SPEED AND THINGS LIKE THAT,
SOMETIMES YOU GET A GREAT
SURPRISE YOU GET A LAUGH
WHERE YOU NEVER THOUGHT
YOU'D GET ONE JUST BECAUSE
THEY'RE STILL ROLLING FROM
THE LAST THING OR WHATEVER
IT IS.
IT'S FASCINATING THE WHOLE
PROCESS.
OTHER RISK -- DID YOU LIKE
JERRY LEWIS.
>> I LOVE JERRY LEWIS, YEAH,
I STILL LIKE JERRY LEWIS.
I HAVEN'T MET HIM.
LARRY: NEVER MET JERRY --
>> I HEAR HE'S TROUBLE!
LARRY: NEVER MET HIM?
>> NEVER MET HIM FACE TO
FACE.
HE'S SAID WONDERFUL THINGS
ABOUT ME.
LARRY: SURE HAS.
>> I THINK HE DID SOME OF
THE MOST ASTOUNDING FILM OF
CLOUBING OF ANYBODY IN
HISTORY, AND I AM BLEEDING.
LARRY: -- CLOWNING.
LARRY: WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK
WITH JIM CARREY, THE FILM IS
"MAN ON THE MOON."
>> LOOK.
LOOK!
LARRY DOES THIS TO ME.
I JUST
EST.
LARRY: WE HAVE ANOTHER
"LARRY KING LIVE" FIRST.
WE EXPECTED A FEW OF JIM
CARREY, FIRST EVER TO HAVE A
MAN TALK THROUGH HIS NOSE
AND NOW ON A TALK SHOW, A
MAN INJURED.
WHAT HAPPENED?
>> WHAT HAPPENED!
>> I DON'T KNOW.
I -- I WAS --.
LARRY: WHAT?
>> PLAYING WITH MY FINGER
AND -- I'M A BLEEDER.
LARRY: OH, YOU ARE?
>> OH, YEAH, YEAH, IT'S
THIN.
IT'S THIN.
YOU'RE LUCKY YOU'RE DRY, BUT
YEAH, I JUST -- I PICKED
SOMETHING.
I PICKED IT.
THEY ALWAYS TOLD ME, LEAVE
YOUR FACE ALONE, THAT KIND
OF THING.
LARRY: ARE YOU A
HYPOCHONDRIAC.
>> A HYPOCHONDRIAC, WHY DO
YOU SAY THAT?
BECAUSEURE FINGER -- BANDAGE
--
>> DO I LOOK PALE --
>> NO, I JUST --.
LARRY: YOU SEEM TO -- ALL
RIGHT.
DID YOU HAVE FUN DOING
BATMAN.
>> I HAD A BLAST DOING
BATMAN, YEAH, I HAD SUCH A
GREAT TIME WITH JOEL
SCHUMACHER IT WAS GREAT.
>> DID YOU REACT POORLY WHEN
TOMMY LEE JONES SAID I AM AN
ACTOR AND HE'S A COMEIC.
>> WOO!
KICK MY *** BUT -- YOU KNOW,
IT HURT.
THAT WAS -- THAT WAS A
HURTFUL THING BECAUSE I LOVE
HIM AS AN ACTOR.
I THINK HE'S A GREAT, GREAT
ACTOR.
LARRY: DID OFF GOOD TIME
WORKING WITH HIM?
>> UH -- I DID.
HE WAS DIFFICULT AT THAT
TIME.
HE WAS VERY DIFFICULT.
BUT I THINK HE JUST DIDN'T
WANT TO BE THERE OR
SOMETHING.
BUT YOU KNOW, WHATEVER.
THAT --.
LARRY: IF YOU DON'T WANT TO
DO SOMETHING --
>> RIGHT, DON'T DO IT.
DON'T DO IT BUT HE WAS NOT
HAPPY.
LARRY: BUT BATMAN WAS FUN
FOR YOU.
>> I LOVED IT!
I HAD SUCH A GREAT TIME.
AND I WENT AROUND MY HOUSE
TWIRLING THAT STUPID CANE
AROUND AND SMASHING INTO
CHINA AND EVERYTHING.
THAT CANE FLEW EVERYWHERE,
MAN, IT WAS LIKE -- THAT WAS
WONDERFUL.
I HAD A REALLY GOOD TIME.
LARRY: BEFORE WE TALK A
LITTLE MORE ABOUT ANDY
KAUFMAN, YOU SOLD VANITY
FAIR -- WE KNOW IT'S VANITY
FAIR SO IT HAS TO BE TRUE --
"ALL I WANT IS ONE GOOD
WOMAN AND I NEED TO BE A
GOOD MAN.
I AM NOT THE EASIEST
PERSON."
IS THAT STILL TRUE, ONE GOOD
WOMAN?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
LARRY: YOU CAN'T FIND ONE
GOOD WOMAN?
>> I AM WORKING ON IT.
LARRY: ARE YOU THERE?
>> I MAY BE THERE.
LARRY: WHY DO YOU THINK
PEOPLE LIKE TO READ BAD
THINGS ABOUT FAMOUS PEOPLE?
BECAUSE I DON'T.
THAT'S THE TRUTH.
I WANT TO SEE HAPPINESS FOR
EVERYBODY.
>> I THINK -- I THINK -- I
THINK IT'S FUN, YOU KNOW?
IT'S FUN TO SEE THE PEOPLE
WHO ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE IT
ALL HAVE -- HAVE A BAD DAY
OR -- OR TO HAVE
DYSFUNCTIONAL BEHAVIOR OR
WHATEVER IT IS.
IT'S -- IT'S IN OUR DEEP
RECESSES SOMEWHERE WE ENJOY
THAT, YOU KNOW?
LARRY: ESPECIALLY WHEN --
PEOPLE WITH A LOT OF MONEY
OR PEOPLE WHO HAVE IT BETTER
THAN ME --
>> SURE, SURE, IT'S -- I
DON'T -- I TRY NOT TO
INDULGE IN THAT TOO MUCH.
BUT IT -- YOU KNOW, I CAN'T
HELP BUT TURN IT -- OR
BUT -- YOU KNOW, KEEP IT ON
WHEN IT COMES ON THE TV,
GOSSIP STUFF OR ANYTHING
LIKE THAT.
IT'S -- IT'S HARD TO STOP,
YOU KNOW?
OR IN A CONVERSATION AT A
PARTY OR SOMETHING, YOU --
IT'S EASY, YOU KNOW WHAT I
MEAN?
IT'S EASY.
IT'S NOT LIKE -- YOU DON'T
PICK UP DOSTOYEVSKY.
YOU JUST WANT TO SEE WHO IS
BITING IT THIS WEEK, YOU
KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
WHO IS LOSING CONTROL.
LARRY: DON'T HAVE TO WORK,
DON'T HAVE TO WORK.
>> DON'T HAVE TO WORK AT IT
AT ALL.
I AM BLEEDING LIKE A STUFFED
PIG!
LARRY: WHERE?
THAT ISN'T EVEN A CUT.
>> IT'S SERIOUS TO ME.
IT'S A PRECIOUS COMMODITY,
THIS PLASMA.
LARRY:S WHAT YOUR -- WHAT'S
YOUR NEXT FILM.
>> WELL, I AM DOING THE
GRINCH RIGHT NOW, "GRINCH
WHO STOLE CHRISTMAS" WITH
RON HOWARD, IT'S SO MUCH
FUN.
LARRY: WOW!
>> IT'S A BLAST.
IT'S LIKE A DREAM COME TRUE.
I WATCHED IT EVERY YEAR OF
MY LIFE GROWING UP EVERY
CHRISTMAS IT WASN'T
CHRISTMAS WITHOUT --.
LARRY: RON HOWARD --
>> YEAH.
LARRY: IN IT OR JUST
DIRECTING.
>> NO, HE'S DIRECTING.
LARRY: MUST BE GREAT TO WORK
WITH.
>> INCREDIBLE.
REAL EASY TO PUSH AROUND --
NO.
LARRY: YOU HAVE GOT ONE
COMING OUT, DONE, RIGHT.
>> YEAH, "ME, MYSELF, AND
IRENE."
>> YOU PLAY A PERSON WITH
SPLIT PERSONALITY?
>> UH, YES, I DO.
I DO THAT A LOT!
LARRY: THAT SEEMS DUCK SOUP
TO YOU, YOU COULD HAVE
PHONED THAT IN, RIGHT.
>> THAT WAS A FUN MOVIE KNOW,
JUST TO HAVE FUN.
THAT WAS A PLAST.
LARRY: HOW DO YOU THINK "MAN
ON THE MOON" IS GOING TO DO?
>> IT'S ODD.
IT'S A STRANGE ONE TO PIN
DOWN.
I HOPE IT DOES GREAT,
OBVIOUSLY, BUT I'M GETTING A --
A STRANGE REACTION LIKE --.
LARRY: MIXED.
>> NO, PEOPLE THAT DON'T
KNOW ANDY KAUFMAN WHO HAVE
SEEN THE MOVIE THINK IT'S A
GOOD MOVIE AND A GREAT STORY
ABOUT A GREAT PERSON WHETHER
THEY KNOW HIM ON IT'S STILL
FUNNY ROUTINES FUN STUFF AND
AN INTERESTING HUMAN BEING.
LARRY: WE'LL BE BACK WITH
OUR REMAINING MOMENTS WITH
JIM CARREY.
WHO CAN TELL
WE MENTIONED IT EARLIER,
"DUMB AND DUMBER" ONE OF
YOUR FAVORITES.
>> I THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY
FUNNY.
LARRY: THAT WASS A DUMB,
DUMB, DUMB -- DUMB --.
>> JUST PURE FUN, ABSOLUTELY,
I LOVED IT.
LARRY: SO JILL --
>> YES.
LARRY: -- AS THIS MOVIE
ABOUT TO OPEN --
>> YES.
LARRY: ANOTHER PAGE IN THE
CHAPTER --
>> IT'S ALL RIDING ON THIS
ONE!
LARRY: YOU DO TWO MOVIES A
YEAR.
>> YEAH ABOUT THAT.
LARRY: WHY DO YOU WORK SO
MUCH.
>> DID YOU THINK THAT'S A
LOT?
LARRY: MOST DO ONE A YEAR --
>> REALLY?
I DON'T KNOW.
I THINK THAT'S NOT THAT MUCH
ACTUALLY.
LARRY: NO IS.
>> HANKS DOES TEN, DOESN'T
HE?
LARRY: YEAH, I GUESS HE
DOES.
[LAUGHTER]
WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO
VOICEOVER IN A CARTOON.
>> YEAH AS LONG AS THEY
DIDN'T COME UP WITH THIS --
THIS LIKE -- WE'RE ALL DOING
IT FOR FUN KIND OF THING!
I THINK THAT'S KIND OF BOGUS,
YOU KNOW?
LARRY: SO YOU WOULDN'T HAVE
DONE "TOY STORY."
>> ABSOLUTELY I WOULD DO TOY
STORY.
LARRY: WOULDN'T OR --
>> WOULD HAVE, ABSOLUTELY.
LARRY: BECAUSE THE STORY
GOOD?
>> THERE'S A KIND OF LIKE
BUSINESS THING GOING ON OUT
THERE THAT PEOPLE MAKE
GIGANTIC AMOUNTS OF MONEY
FROM THESE MOVIES AND
SOMEHOW CONVINCE ALL OF
THESE PEOPLE TO DO IT FOR
FREE BECAUSE IT'S FOR KIDS,
YOU KNOW, KIND OF THING, AND
THEY GET YOU IN THERE WITH
THE GOOD INTENTIONS, BUT
THEY'RE -- THEY'RE, YOU KNOW,
CLEANING UP, YOU KNOW?
LARRY: ARE YOU■> ACCESSIBLE?
DO YOU LIKE INTERVIEWING?
DO YOU LIKE THIS?
>> CAN I TELL YOU HONESTLY?
LARRY: YEAH, PLEASE.
>> I WOULD RATHER BE WITH MY
GIRL, BUT I -- I -- I SEE IT
AS A GOOD THING.
I -- I'M REALLY HAPPY TO DO
IT WITH YOU.
LARRY: SOME PEOPLE DON'T --
THEY'RE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH
IT.
>> IT'S JUST THE -- IT'S --
IT'S -- YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS?
IT'S -- YOU CAN ONLY DO SO
MANY WITHOUT THINKING THAT
YOUR STORY IS PLAYED OUT,
YOU KNOW?
LARRY: HAVE -- DID I SAY
THIS --
>> OH, MAN, WHO DID I SAY
IT, IT TO AND HOW MANY TIMES
HAVE I SAID IT?
SO YOU TRY TO DO IT
DIFFERENT, BUT YOU JUST
DON'T FEEL THAT INTERESTING
ALL THE TIME, YOU KNOW?
DO YOU SEE WITH THIS
THING -- BOY, THAT'S
REALLY -- OKAY.
LARRY: HOW'S THE SHOOTING --
WE HAVE GOT A FEW MINUTES
LEFT, HOW IS THE SHOOTING OF
THE GRINCH GOING.
>> IT'S SO MUCH FUN.
IT'S LIKE LAMAZE OR
SOMETHING -- IT'S --.
LARRY: ARE WE CHANGING IT?
>> OH, YEAH, THE GRINCH IS,
IS THE NICE GUY.
THE WHO'S ARE EVIL.
[LAUGHTER]
NO , I -- IT'S GOING TO --
OBVIOUSLY, YOU HAD TO EXPAND
ON IT.
LARRY: OBVIOUSLY, YEAH.
>> A LITTLE BIT MORE, AND
IT -- RON DID A GREAT JOB
TH IT.
LARRY: YOU LIKE WORK, HUH?
>> I LOVE WORK.
I LOVE WORKS.
I LOVE WHAT I DO.
I'M SO LUCKY, YOU KNOW?
AND --.
LARRY: YOU WANT TO FINISH
LIKE THAT?
WE'RE ABOUT TO FINISH.
>> ARE WE REALLY?
THAT'S APPROPRIATE THEN.
LARRY: THANK YOU, JIM.
>> LET'S GO OUT -- ON THAT.
LARRY: OH, I THOUGHT YOU
SAID LET'S GO OUT.
>> LET'S GO OUT PERIOD AND
TIP A FEW, COME ON!
LARRY: YOU WANT TO HIT IT?
>> I AM READY, MAN.
LARRY: HIT THE BARS.
>> OH, JEEZ, LET'S GO.
LARRY: LET'S GO.
>> TIRED OF MYSELF ALREADY.
LARRY: "MAN ON THE MOON," IT
OPENS ONE WEEK FROM TONIGHT
WIDE --.
>> I HAD TO SEE WHAT HE SAW
IN HIM, YOU KNOW?
LARRY: THE FOREHEAD?
>> MAN, IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
>> WAS IT ON THE LIPS?
LARRY: YES.
>> I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T
WATCH TV.
NO, KIDDING.
>> SAY GOOD NIGHT.
>> GOOD NIGHT.
LARRY: JIM CARREY.