United Kingdom, Feb. 8 -- Jeff Daniels keeps collections of hundreds of newspapers slamming his 'Dumb and Dumber' movie.

The actor, 69, has been reflecting on the 1994 comedy to mark its 30th anniversary, and recalled the film's early screenings and the critical backlash it initially faced after he starred alongside Jim Carrey, now 63, in the Farrelly brothers' slapstick road trip film despite him being renowned for dramatic roles.

He told The Guardian: "I still have a scrapbook of 200 newspapers panning the movie and wishing it never existed.

"Then we were the box office No 1 for six straight weeks. That's when it hit me that we'd done the impossible.

"I was sat next to my parents and when we got to the toilet scene (in the movie), (...