Bee Gees helped Jim Carrey survive the Grinch

Jim Carrey starred in the film Dr Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas.

Jim Carrey has revealed what helped him Stay Alive while sitting through the eight and a half hours needed to create his make-up for the Grinch.

The actor used a strange combination of music from the Bee Gees and a man who trained CIA operatives how to endure torture.

"That's how I got through it. That, and The Bee Gees the only thing that worked to calm me through the make-up was everything they had ever done. I've no idea why, but they just made me happy. There'd be no Grinch without them," Carrey said on the Graham Norton show.

- AAP