Inside Jim Carrey's Disappearance from Hollywood

For nearly a decade, the actor and comedian, once one of the most recognizable comedic talents in the world, turned his back on Hollywood, trading blockbuster sets and red carpets for solitude and painting. Now, the 63-year-old " Dumb and Dumber" actor, Jim Carrey, has embraced a life guided by personal fulfillment rather than box office success. "I just didn't want to be in the business anymore," Carrey told The Hollywood Reporter in 2018, seated in the living room of his Brentwood ranch-style home, where he lived alone. In the interview, the comedian revealed that his decision came from a growing disillusionment with an industry he once helped redefine. As corporate influence began to shape creative choices, he felt stifled. Painting, he said, offered a rare kind of unfiltered expression