At 12, he was scrubbing floors in a van. At 34, he pocketed $20 million per film. Yet he'd later admit neither bought him peace. January 17, 1962. Nobody knew that a baby boy born in Newmarket, Ontario would someday make empires laugh while secretly drowning. Jim Carrey's childhood wasn't "humble beginnings" - it was scorched earth. His father, an accountant with good intentions, suddenly folded like a deck of cards, and by the time Jim turned 12, the family had migrated into a camper van parked on a relative's lawn. Not metaphorically. Actually. Sleeping bags zipped tight against the Canadian cold. A Young Jim Carrey in the 60’s The Janitor's Rebellion He quit school at 15. Not for kicks. Because his mother was medicating herself into oblivion with painkillers and someone had to scrub toilets. He didn't just clean for minimum wage; he remembers wielding a baseball bat during ...
At 12, he was scrubbing floors in a van. At 34, he pocketed $20 million per film. Yet he'd later admit neither bought him peace. January 17, 1962. Nobody knew that a baby boy born in Newmarket, Ontario would someday make empires laugh while secretly drowning. Jim Carrey's childhood wasn't ...
At 12, he was scrubbing floors in a van. At 34, he pocketed $20 million per film. Yet he'd later admit neither bought him peace. January 17, 1962. Nobody knew that a baby boy born in Newmarket, Ontario would someday make empires laugh while secretly drowning. Jim Carrey's childhood wasn't ...
At 12, he was scrubbing floors in a van. At 34, he pocketed $20 million per film. Yet he'd later admit neither bought him peace. January 17, 1962. Nobody knew that a baby boy born in Newmarket, Ontario would someday make empires laugh while secretly drowning. Jim Carrey's childhood wasn't ...