

He said: "Tommy is, and I say this with great respect, a scene stealer. He mused that Jones was irritated by Carrey's extremely outrageous personality. Interestingly, Schumacher had a theory about why Jones did not get on with Carrey during their time working together.

But he was not kind to Jim Carrey when we were making Batman Forever."

He said: "I said Tommy Lee Jones was an as***le in People magazine. Jones' aggressive actions were corroborated by Batman Forever's director, Joel Schumacher, in a separate interview. He continued: "I said: 'What's the problem?' And pulled up a chair, which probably wasn't smart." Jones bitterly replied: "I cannot sanction your buffoonery." Carrey, naturally, tried to defuse the situation.
