(Cover) - EN Showbiz - Jim Carrey has an "affinity" with all kinds of animals.

The actor is currently promoting his new movie Mr Popper's Penguins, and is proud that he understands creatures' energy.

The star's skill certainly came in handy when he was shooting with animals for the movie, in which he plays a workaholic whose life is turned around by the unexpected inheritance of six Gentoo penguins.

"It's, like, an energy thing. Any animal, I just kind of get with their energy somehow, I can't explain it," he told MTV News. "I do have a special affinity for animals because I'm Ace Ventura, Pet Detective. So, you know, that's something I like to revisit every once in a while."

Jim also revealed that things he likes seem to magically appear in his life.

The 46-year-old claimed the script for Mr Popper's Penguins was sent to him after he wrote about the birds on social networking site Twitter.

"I have this weird manifestation thing in my life. If I say I like something, the next thing you know, I'm getting a script about it," he said. "It's just what happens. I was Twittering about [penguins], and it was on my website, 'I really like penguins,' out of nowhere, a non-sequitur. And then the script comes to me, and I go, 'Well, if it's not a bad script, I'm going to make it work.'

"My managers are like, 'A penguin movie? Really? Does that fit into the rock-and-roll kind of deal of your life and career?' I go, 'I gotta go with it.'" (C) Cover Media