Los Angeles  - Comedian Jim Carrey's film Yes Man opened at the top of the US box office, beating out Will Smith's drama Seven Pounds.

Yes Man, a comedy about a man who vows to say yes to everything asked of him, earned 1.2 million dollars, studio figures showed Sunday. Seven Pounds, which stars Smith as a tax agent trying to help seven people, brought in 16 million dollars in its first weekend. In third place was an animated mouse in The Tale of Despereaux.

London, Dec 17 : Hollywood actor Jim Carrey insists that he has no regrets after passing over his role in 2000 movie `Meet The Parents' to Ben Stiller.

The `Mask' star revealed he created the original concept for the film and began developing the project with legendary director Steven Spielberg but both were forced to drop out due to scheduling commitments.

The part was then handed to Ben Stiller, who went on to make a hit sequel, Meet The Fockers, in 2004.

In an interview to talkshow host Larry King, Carrey admitted that he is glad to walk out of the away from the project, because Stiller was much better suited to the role.

Washington, December 17 : Actor/comedian Jim Carrey might have battled depression since his childhood, but he is against the use of anti-depressant drugs.

He warned people about using Prozac for a long period of time during a recent television interview.

"At the risk of like opening up the whole Tom Cruise Prozac argument, you know, I don''t disagree in many ways," Us magazine quoted him as saying on Monday's Larry King Live.

"I think Prozac and things like that are very valuable to people for short periods of time. But I believe if you''re on them for an extended period of time, you never get to the problem.

London, Dec 17 : Jim Carrey has revealed that he is keen to star in a play on Broadway.

Before his movie career took off, Carrey was a stand-up comic.

And the actor admits that he has would love to go back to the stage to test his acting skills.

"I would love to do it. I hope I could do it. I wonder if I would get tired of saying the same words over and over again," the Daily Express quoted him, as telling U. S. talk show host Larry King.

Washington, Dec 12 : Jim Carrey is certainly a perfectionist when it comes to actor—the actor has mastered basic Korean for a scene in his new movie ‘Yes Man’.

The comic-genius was required to converse in Korean with a bridal saleswoman for a scene in the comedy.

And the funnyman took it as an opportunity to get to grips with a language he''d always been interested in.

"It took about four weeks of every day studying it phonetically. It was so difficult. It was the hardest thing I''ve ever done in my life,” Contactmusic quoted him as saying.

Washington, Dec 9 : Hollywood actor Jim Carrey was left in pain when he broke his rib while shooting for his upcoming flick ‘Yes Man’ opposite Molly Sims.

The ‘Bruce Almighty’ actor was so overzealous while filming a scene with Molly that he ended up badly injuring himself.

Although Carrey was in great pain after the injury, he didn’t budge from the set before completing the filming of the scene.