The cult 2002 movie Jim Carrey was too “emotional” to accept: “I just didn’t want to”He’s played a lot of weird guys onscreen, and in real life, Jim Carrey seems like a bit of a weird guy, too. The point is, when Carrey commits to a role, he really commits. As a result, he explained his reasons for turning down a 2002 cult thriller in the simplest terms: he wasn’t in the right headspace to take that particular journey. “I didn’t feel like going to Phone Booth, to that place or time. I just didn’t want to get into a phone booth and think about dying.