Jim Carrey is not my favorite actor. That'd be Paul Newman. He's also not the greatest actor. That would be Cate Blanchett. But, you know what? When it comes down to the actor who I think is the most important in my life, I'm pretty sure it would have to be Carrey.
Somebody stop me if you've heard this one before, but Carrey was kind of a big deal for us '90s kids. His film career spans all the way back to 1983 with The Sex and Violence Family Hour, but his heyday was definitely in the '90s (especially 1994) with movies like The Mask, and Dumb and Dumber. There are a number of reasons why he's so important to me, and here are five of them.
