…for many years. He doesn’t suffer fools, and since he became a spiritual guru type of guy I’ve never known him to say anything but the balls-out truth. But the below quote is the most full-of-shit thing anyone has ever said about being rich. Nobody of any intelligence or character or seasoning has ever suggested that having loads of money is “the answer.” But it sure as shit doesn’t hurt to be in the chips, I can tell you that. It’s never been a problem for anyone I’ve ever known or heard of.
Hollywood Elsewhere therefore rejects Carrey and sides with Frank Albertson‘s “Tom Cassady” character in Psycho. You know, the vulgar Texas oilman who saunters into Janet Leigh‘s place of employment (a Phoenix real-estate office) and says to her boss, “Lowery? I am dying of thirstarooney.” And then he pulls out two thick wads of bills and tells Leigh, “I’m buying this house for my baby’s wedding present. Forty thousand dollars, cash. Now, that’s not buying happiness. That’s just buying off unhappiness.”
