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"I believe that everything that happens to you is the greatest thing that could ever happen to you," the Yes Man star, 46, told Larry King on Monday.
"What if ... you fall down a manhole?" asked King.
"Everything. Mugged in an alleyway, being hit by a brick in the face. That's how the universe works," Carrey answered.
The actor, who is dating actress Jenny McCarthy, says he overcame depression without medication.
"You know at the risk of opening up the whole Tom Cruise Prozac argument ... I don't disagree in many ways," said the comic. "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."
So what did help Carrey get out of his funk?
"I take supplements," he said. "Yes – well, it's not – well, it is vitamins."
Yes Man opens Dec. 19.
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