Even Jim Carrey I can get tired of Jim Carrey.

Tis the season for the actor as his new film Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is coming to theaters soon. While doing press for his new film, Carrey revealed that his absence from Hollywood was to give the public a break from his face.

“I appreciate the rest, you know. And I also appreciate getting out of people’s faces,” he told E! News.

JIM CAREY SAYS HE’S COMING OUT OF RETIREMENT BECAUSE HE ‘NEEDS MONEY’

Jim Carrey says leaving Hollywood was a way for him to disappear from the public eye. (Samir Hussein/WireImage/Getty Images)

“I mean, some people just want to be in other people’s eyes all the time, and I don’t, so I like to give them a break.”

In 2022, Carrey stunned Access Hollywood’s Kit Hoover when he expressed his plans to retire after the second installment of the “Hedgehog” franchise. Admitting he was “pretty serious” about leaving, Carrey said at the time: “I feel like – and this is something that, as long as time exists, you may never hear another celebrity say again – I have enough. I’ve done enough. “I am enough.”

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In 2002, Jim Carrey announced his intention to retire, saying he had “done enough work” and was satisfied. (Vivien Killilea/Getty Images for Paramount Pictures)

Now he’s back and can appreciate the entertainment industry in a new way. “I think whenever you step away from something — even if it’s something you love — you get a new appreciation for it,” he told E! News. “A different perspective on the whole thing.”

Last week, the actor admitted that his financial circumstances also led him back into the acting world.

“I came back to this universe because, first of all, I get to play a genius. Which is a bit exaggerated,” he told The Associated Press last week. “I bought a lot of stuff and honestly I need the money,” he added. Carrey also hinted that he would be open to taking on new roles. “Yeah, I’m sure something will happen.”

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Jim Carrey says his return to the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise was due to his financial circumstances. (Ian West/PA Images via Getty Images)

“I came back to this universe because, first of all, I get to play a genius. Which is a bit of an exaggeration… I bought a lot of stuff and honestly I need the money.”

– Jim Carrey on postponing his retirement

With the holidays approaching, Carrey knows his face will likely be on screens around the world, but he recognizes how special this is.

“When ‘The Grinch’ comes on every year, I sit back and think, ‘Wow. The families will hang out together, and when the kids are old enough, they’ll see this and say, “Wow, that guy’s cool,” he said of his 2000 Christmas classic.

Jim Carrey played the Grinch in the 2000 film How the Grinch Stole Christmas, opposite Taylor Momsen as Cindy Lou Who. (Universal/Getty Images)

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“Sonic the Hedgehog 3” hits theaters on Friday, December 20th.