Jim Carrey said a graphic scene in the 2005 film *The Number 23* upset his young daughter, Jane, so much during filming that she wanted to leave the set. The anecdote highlights the tension between an actor’s demanding roles and the effect that adult material can have on family members present during production.

Carrey played Walter Sparrow, a man whose life becomes consumed by a mysterious book, in the psychological thriller directed by Joel Schumacher. He recalled that Jane, then 17, saw him filming a violent scene involving a dog and was distressed by it; Carrey stopped filming temporarily and took her away from the set.