Jim Carrey: Ninety-nine point nine percent, just right off the top of my head.
Tom Shadyac: I’ll answer part of that and let Jim go because I think the mistake that most people make is to think that, because Jim is so creative and he has this genius about him that — see how I suck up, by the way? — but he is so creative that you just put Jim in a room like this with another actor and you say ‘improv.’ No, this is very carefully thought out. Jim and I and Steve Oedekerk, we go through every scenario. It’s not unusual for Jim and I and Steve to take a whole day to write one joke. And then based on that structure and that well thoughtfulness, Jim gets to go. It’s really a well thought out process. Based on that structure, Jim gives us 20 options that may not have been there had we not had that day to sit there and think about that scene.
JC: You have to know what you’re doing going in and then hopefully you think of 50 other ideas as you’re doing it, and it’s always been a combination of everything.
TS: This is going to be on this movie, Jim and I decided we’re going to let people in a little bit into the process because we’ve done this so many times together.
JC: For instance, right now my hand is on my groin. You might not know that. It keeps me up and ready to answer the questions.
TS: But you’ll see when you get the DVD how we literally have 20 options. For example, when Jim lit the candles in this movie, you know with God’s powers there’s 20 options that we have again, based on improvisation and also forethought.
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