Jim Carrey, Canadian comedy icon, plans to retire

Jim Carrey plans to retire.

The ‘Sonic the Hedgehog 2’ star believes he’s done ‘enough’ with his career and is ready to lead a ‘quiet life’ out of the spotlight, although he admitted that a “really big” project might change his mind.

Asked about Dolly Parton’s recent comments that she’d like Jim to play her musical partner Porter Wagoner in her biopic, the 60-year-old star told ‘Access Hollywood’: “Well, I’m retiring. Yeah, probably. I’m pretty serious.

“It depends, if the angels bring some kind of script written in gold ink that tells me it’s going to be really important for people to see it, I could continue on the road but I’m taking a break.

“I really love my quiet life and I really love putting paint on canvas and I really love my spiritual life and I feel like, and that’s something you might never hear from another celebrity while there’s time – I’ve had enough I’ve done enough I’ve had enough.

But the ‘Dumb and Dumber’ star admitted that if the ‘9 to 5’ singer contacted him about the project, he would “always talk to Dolly.”

Jim recently called the Hollywood community ‘creepy’ when he lambasted the standing ovation Will Smith received when he won Best Actor at the Oscars, less than an hour after punching Chris Rock for a joke he had made about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith.

Jim said: “I was sickened. I was sickened by the standing ovation. Hollywood is just inert en masse and it really feels like that’s a very clear indication that we’re not the cool club anymore. .

“I would have announced this morning that I was suing Will for $200 million because this video is going to be here forever, it’s going to be ubiquitous. This insult is going to last a very long time. If you want to shout from the public and show disapproval or say something on twitter [that’s fine]. But you’re not allowed to go on stage and punch someone in the face for saying words.”

However, the ‘Mask’ actor insisted he had “nothing against” Will.

He added: “[The slap] came out of nowhere because Will has something in him that is frustrated. I wish him the best. I have nothing against Will Smith. He did great things, but it was not a good time. It cast a shadow over everyone’s brilliant moment last night… It was a selfish moment…”