I had read that Jim Carrey does not have depression, but that he is bipolar, which explains his manic behavior with episodes revealing his hilarious behavior in acting.

A lot of artists, actors, and high powered people have bipolar. The mania is what gets them through it because it feels good to be manic. The depression part is the problem.

Michelle, even if he is bipolar, the idea that the timing of his manic episodes corresponds with the filming of his comedy is flawed. It sounds more like an urban legend to explain his comedy. I’m not sure what “a lot” is in terms of high-profile people; a few creative people have bipolar disorder, but being manic isn’t a requisite for creativity. And being bipolar doesn’t make you automatically crazy creative either (I kind of wish it did!).

I just think he really like balls

FriedEgg,
Michelle wasn’t saying that Bi-Polar disorder makes people creative she was simply saying that people of intense creativity always have a major flaw which can include disorders.

Jim Carrey admitted himself that he had manic-depressive illness on Oprah. He’d spent the whole show doing jokes and being funny, and at the end of the show she asked him how he did it, and he said it was manic-depressive illness and that there was another side to it (besides being manic). Everyone laughed and treated it as a joke, but I can’t see how it would be.

However, I’ve been unable to find any references to this on the web and am puzzled as to why it wasn’t being talked about.