In this 2000 interview, actor Jim Carrey demonstrates how he convinced Dr. Seuss’s wife that he could play the Grinch in "How the Grinch Stole Christmas."

Video Transcript

• I know that you sold Dr. Seuss’s wife on the movie with a look on your face. What– can you show me how to do it?

JIM CARREY: Well, it would be this.

• That’s good. Am I close?

JIM CARREY: I’ve got to find a way to stop Christmas from coming. You know, that sort of thing.

• And she immediately–

JIM CARREY: It was like doing a pencil sketch for her, you know? It was like, you know, I just did that for her. It was like it’s Disney does the pencil sketch and then suddenly all these other layers come on and it becomes the cartoon.