After a missile alert was accidentally issued in Hawaii, Jim Carrey explained what went through his mind when he felt he only had 10 minutes to live.

The actor and comedian was in Hawaii in January 2018, on a call about his semi-autobiographical novel, when his assistant, Linda, FaceTimed him with the news from the other side of the island.

“She said, ‘There are missiles coming, and they’re going to land in 10 minutes. This is real.’ And as she was strenuously clutching her iPhone, she accidentally took a screenshot of my face,” Carrey recalls in a Q feature interview with co-author Dana Vachon.

While recounting the experience, Carrey told Jimmy Fallon about a blurred photo of himself that is being used as the cover for his memoir, Memoirs and Misinformation, on Thursday’s episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.

“That cover is actually my face after being told that I had 10 minutes to live. And that’s for real. A fake missile alert in Hawaii. I was there. I was writing. My assistant Linda called me, she was crying, she said, ‘We have 10 minutes left.’ I said, ‘What do you mean?’ She said, ‘The missiles are coming’,” according to the 58-year-old.

“I couldn’t get off the island. The question was posed — should we all try to get together? I said, ‘I don’t want to die in my car.’ And we had to say goodbye.”

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As a result, Carrey said that he spent what he believed to be his dying moments in a serene environment.

He recounted, “I sat on the lanai and looked out at the ocean,” “At that point, I just started going, ‘OK, well, what can I do with this last moment of time?'”

“I just decided to go through a list of gratitudes. Honest to God, I just could not stop thinking of wonderful things that have happened to me and blessings that I’ve had. It was lovely. And I got to a point of grace with about two minutes to spare when I found out it wasn’t actually happening. And all I was planning to do was close my eyes and be thankful because it’s been a good ride,” he said.

With only two minutes left, Carrey received a call from co-author Dana Vachon, who informed him that it was a false alarm.

“It’s a part of me. It’s a part of this book,” says Carrey, reflecting on whether the experience changed him. “When all is lost, then all is found.”

“I got p***** off and heads rolled,” Carrey remarked when asked how he responded to the news that the warning was a mistake.

According to The New York Times, the notice, which was sent in January 2018, was ultimately determined to be the product of “human error,”