Does Being Typecast Hurt Your Career? Ask These Actors

The Slapstick Contortionist

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Jim Carrey’s over-the-top humor in films like Ace Ventura and The Mask is what made him so successful. He had audiences in stitches with his ridiculous facial expressions and physical humor, and fans often wondered if he was made out of rubber. But that same humor over 20 films later doesn’t carry quite the same magic.

Carey did gain recognition for his dramatic performance in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, but he was never quite able to shake the label as the wacky comedian. He’s currently on what he considers a self-imposed hiatus and is “in the process of shedding layers of persona” at this time in his life.

We love #12 for her hysterical roles, but she calls them “boring”.