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Jim Carrey Fast Facts
- At the age of 10, he mailed his résumé to the producers of The Carol Burnett Show (he didn't get a gig).
- When his father lost his job, a teenage Carrey and two of his siblings worked as janitors for a tire company.
- Made standup debut at age 15 at a club in Toronto called Yuk Yuk's.
- Got his big break on the sketch comedy series In Living Color.
- When he was starting out, he wrote himself a check for $20 million and carried it around with him until he was paid that actual amount for The Cable Guy in 1996.
- Holds both Canadian and U.S. citizenship.