Steve Carell Quotes & Sayings (Page 7)

“Six-year-olds are very wrapped up in their own lives, and that's the way it should be.”

“I tend not to be someone who's on all the time, or is always trying to make other people laugh.”

“I would like for my kids to at least have some familiarity with who I am: 'It's the man from TV!'”

“I've always enjoyed watching characters that aren't aware that they're doing anything funny. And I think that inherently makes them funnier.”

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

“It's not a master plan to do every remake and every recreation of icons. It's just what I've been hired to do.”

“My father is Italian, and I never met my paternal grandparents. The family name was 'Caroselli' and it was changed in the mid '50s. I think they wanted to assimilate, which was pretty common, although I love the name 'Caroselli.'”

“I had a friend who, after 25 years of marriage, found himself trying to date again, and it was completely different. Everything had changed, and he had to reacquaint himself. It was funny even talking to him about it. For someone who has been out of the loop, it's a different world.”

“When someone is good, but it doesn't seem like their world will collapse if they don't get the part, it's more appealing. It's like dating someone: You don't want someone who's too into you.”

“You never saw Peter Sellers the actor trying to make you laugh. All he was doing was the character. What I'm saying is that I don't think you should know you're in a movie. I don't like it when actors are winking at the audience and saying, 'Right, isn't this funny? Are you with me?'”