Word: turned
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Under such conditions, it would seem that traditional opinion journals are a dying genre. But to the contrary, readers still turn to thought-leader magazines like the The New Republic...
...traditional opinion journals like TNR, this influx of political an social commentary comes as a mixed blessing. One the one hand, readers are more inclined to turn to the magazine with the hope of receiving a concentrated dose of thought in an increasingly wide world of text...
...Truman Show, which Carrey likes to see as an allegory about self-actualization: "It's a hopeful story. It's about a man who will not be beaten. Presented with a challenge, he becomes the explorer he always wanted to be. In my best scenario, I want to turn out to be Truman Burbank. I want to turn out to be the guy who won't let himself be caged but still has hope and faith in people, and life...
Colleagues describe a Carrey who is selflessly dedicated to his work, a perfectionist always looking for ways to turn a joke around and make it better, an endless fount of ideas. He, on the other hand, describes himself as someone forced to serve his fertile imagination as much as it serves him. As a kid, he says, "there was no place in the world I wanted to be except in my bedroom, drawing pictures. I got so lost in it that if my mother wanted me to do something normal, take the garbage out or anything, I would literally have...
...That's our sickness--the audience has to know we're kidding, otherwise they won't like us. That's why we do this. Andy risked not being loved." At times in his career, Carrey has risked that too, and he's mused about quitting altogether. "Maybe I'll turn 45, and suddenly I won't need people to tell me I'm great anymore, and I'll just go off in another direction completely." It would be nice to grant him that serenity. But why should...