Jim Carrey gave up his Ace Ventura, Mask, Dumb and Dumber phase to be The Man in the Moon and Eternally Spotless.
Funnily enough, Jim Carey has reported himself as having 'Imposter Syndrome' whereby he didn't think he was that great, despite all the external evidence to the contrary. So actually I think it was Nigel saying to him 'why are you clowning around, this isn't proper acting, you're rubbish, nobody really finds you funny...etc, etc.'
I know what you mean though, I miss his comedy :-)
I heard about his impostor syndrome, and I've been watching his strange recent utterings with some bafflement.
Thinking about it, you're right. It was Nigel all along :(
Yup, the man is plagued with self-doubt, which just goes to show how persuasive that bastard Nigel can be!
Cg