DUMB AND DUMBER
Of course. How could it not be one of my favorites. It is the big block-buster I was in, the one most people know me from. It was as much fun as one could imagine. Where do I begin?
I had been offered "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective" with Jim [Carrey], but turned it down. I’m so glad I did, because I liked the part of Mary Swanson so much more, and I would never have been hired if I had just worked with him. Jim and I really fell in love making this movie, and all I remember is laughing. Peter and Bobby Farrelly were great. Great senses of humor. They were game for anything, and I bet the outtakes are even funnier than the movie. We were like a family, a travelling group through Utah and Colorado.
We were shooting through both the Memorial Day holiday and the 4th of July. A bunch of us rented houseboats and cruised Lake Powell. The most memorable stop was Breckenridge, Colorado. We stayed at the hotel that inspired "The Shining."
Strange things immediately started happening. Lights on and off, furniture changing positions, hair standing on end. Everyone was completely spooked and recounting stories and legends they’d heard from the townspeople. Everyone kept asking me if I felt any of them were true. Anyone who knows me well knows that I tend to be sensitive to these kinds of things. I did think so. I had some lonnnnnnnng wakeful nights. Creepy, and in the midst of this comedy!
The first time I saw the movie, I laughed so hard. I thought it was hilarious. Then it was reviewed. We were killed. I was devastated. I took it so personally, that it really made me decide to not read them again for any of my work. Even so, the movie was a huge success, and that was great fun. When it had made $200 million dollars worldwide, New Line Cinema gave me a diamond necklace and sent Jim and I on a yacht around the Figi islands. Pretty cool, thought the girl from Upstate New York. The best part? Years later, those same reviewers now refer to it as the ‘iconic’ comedy . HAH!
