Steve Carell
Steve Carell
Steven John "Steve" Carell is an American actor, comedian, director, producer and writer. After a five-year stint on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Carell found greater fame for playing Michael Scott on the American version of The Office, on which he also worked as an occasional writer and director. He has also starred in lead roles in the films The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Evan Almighty, Get Smart, Crazy, Stupid, Love, The Incredible Burt Wonderstone and The Way, Way Back. He...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth16 August 1962
CityConcord, MA
CountryUnited States of America
I wasn't a class clown, I never developed this comedic flair as a kid. Even when I decided to become an actor, it was just to be an actor, not necessarily a comedic actor. I wasn't that guy who struck out with women so he became really funny, and that's when the women started to like him.
Anything nice that's said about me is diametrically opposed to who I am.
'Anchorman'... is not grounded in anything. There is absolutely no heart to that movie, which I love.
I love my wife dearly, and, therefore, I've never cooked a meal, romantic or otherwise, for her.
I had a lot of coaches growing up that were very hard on the kids in the name of building character, but it could have the opposite effect on kids.
Everybody should be normal. Everybody should be nice. I think they go hand in hand, and that to me is the default setting.
It's nice to find people who live on the fringe, finding one another and she's just unrelentingly funny.
For the better part of my adult life, I proudly avoided nerd/nimrod/goober status. I was always just cool enough.
I don't like to get angry. It doesn't make me feel good. It is very human, but it's also a loss of control, and I like to have that kind of control.
I am happily married, and I think I was lucky that success came a little later in my life. It's difficult to handle all the attention when you are a young gun.
Goalies almost never get credit for winning a game, but they always get blamed for losing a game.
Is it true that if you don’t USE it you LOSE it?
I think when someone who's known for doing drama does a comedy but just tries to be funny, that's a mistake.
I tend not to be someone who's on all the time, or is always trying to make other people laugh.