Jim Carrey, whose next film Mr. Popper’s Penguins opens June 17th, is focusing much of his energy on a world outside show business.  The actor created the Better U Foundation back in 2005 with the goal of “cultivating a better universe.”  On the artistic end, Carrey is also a serious painter (one of his paintings is featured in Mr. Popper’s Penguins).

“Well I have a lot of things going on,” said Carrey.  “For a long time in my life I was harnessing it in one direction and it seemed to be a few years ago things were just kind of spilling over the edges that I couldn’t control it much anymore I kind of let it go wherever it goes.  I do have philanthropic concerns and I try not to make it too loud.”

Click on the media bar and listen to Carrey discuss his involvement with SRI (System of Rice Intensification) and his passion for painting (co-star Angela Lansbury and Mr. Popper’s Penguins director Mark Waters are heard on the clip).

Carrey is currently working on a major piece at his New York studio.  “It’s 16-feet tall and 12-feet wide; it’s a black light painting actually,” he added.  “It’s definitely viewable in the daytime, it’s a normal painting but when you turn the black lights on, it really lights up and people come out of the dark.  It’s kind of interesting.”

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posted by Greg Srisavasdi