“Memoirs and Misinformation” is the latest reinvention of the 58-year-old star of “Ace Ventura: Pet Detective,” “The Mask,” “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” and “The Truman Show.” After veering into painting and political cartoons, it’s yet another new medium for Carrey. “It may be done in an out-there way but it sure is real to me.” “There’s a lot of real feeling in this book,” said Carrey in a Zoom interview from his home in Hawaii. Even fiction in which Kelsey Grammar and U.F.O.s collide.
It may sound far-out, but for Carrey, truth lies in fiction. There’s Brazilian jiu-jitsu with Nic Cage, spiritual guru gatherings with Kelsey Grammar and a Tom Cruise referenced only as “Laser Jack Lightning.” Carrey, himself, is juggling movie options: a Mao Zedong film by Charlie Kaufman or “Hungry Hungry Hippos” in 3-D. With overtones of “Network,” Carrey skewers celebrity, Hollywood, ego and himself. There’s much that’s straight from Carrey’s life, but it’s an inflated version of his persona - “a hyperactive child making yuk-yuks,” as the book describes him. This book cover image released by Knopf shows “Memoirs and Misinformation,” a novel by Jim Carrey and Dana Vachon.
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