Steve Carell Quotes

United States, Actor
August 16, 1962

Steven John Carell is an American actor, writer and director who played Michael Scott on the American version of The Office (2005–2013), on which he also worked as an occasional producer, writer and director.

Even the most self-confident people, at one point of their lives, felt like outsiders or felt like they weren't being heard or seen or witnessed in some way.

Steve Carell
I'm an early bird and I'm an owl. So I'm wise and I have worms.

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- Wise
- Bird
- Worms

It's interesting when you're trying to create a character in animation. It's really a communal effort.

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Reading a book, watching a movie, going to a play, it's transporting, and very, very exciting. And to be a part of that, creating things with your imagination, whoa.

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- Play
- Creating
- Watching
You project a version of yourself to the public to protect and insulate yourself a little bit. Actors come up with a version of themselves in order to protect the real person.

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- Actors
- Protect
- Version
I think in most relationships that have problems, there's fault on both sides. And in order for it to work, there has to be some common ground that's shared. And it's not just one person making amends.

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Nothing to me feels as good as laughing incredibly hard.

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- Feels
- Hard
- Laughing
Taste in comedy, like fashion, changes all the time.

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- Comedy
- Changes
- Taste

Relationships shouldn't be disposable. If there's something worth saving - not always the case, some relationships are irreconcilable - but if there is something that you determine is worth saving, then try to do that.

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I think a character in a comedy should not know they`re in a comedy.

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- Character
- Know
- Comedy