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Jim Carrey finally sells home after saying he needs Sonic sequels for cash following squandered $300M fortune


Jim Carrey bid farewell to his LA estate, closing the deal just as he said his latest acting gig was about the paycheck. The home sold for a cool $10 million under the original asking price.

Jim Carrey has finally bid farewell to his Los Angeles estate , closing the deal just as he admitted his latest acting gig was less about art and more about the paycheck; (seen on Monday) Interestingly, in 1985, Carrey made a daring and prescient decision: he wrote himself a check for $10 million for 'acting services rendered,' dated it ten years into the future, and kept it in his wallet as a symbol of his ambition. 'It depends, if the angels bring some sort of script that's written in gold ink that says to me that it's gonna be really important for people to see, I might continue down the road, but I'm taking a break,' he said at the time.

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