>>>>I also think Jim Carrey overacts way too often.
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>>>I agree. It works in movies where his character is supposed to be over the top, like Ace Ventura and Dumb and Dumber, but it gets old fast.
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>>The 2 that I hate. But he continues to overact, and try to be zany (which he is not!) in real life, e.g. on chat shows. He's embarrassingly cringey to watch.
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>Which is also true for Robin Williams. I have never seen him in a situation where he does not try to be funny, and he always overacts. I saw him on Letterman a few months ago, and I turned it off.

Hmmm, I've always found him to be tolerable and mildly funny. Maybe he's gone stale. After all, he DID make his name in stand-up, doing funny voices and impersonations and madcap antics. That's him. Carey in real life tries to be "The Mask", which is a part he plays but can't carry off, IMO.