Don't underestimate your kids. Don't be condescending, because they're children but they're not stupid. Steve Carell More Quotes by Steve Carell More Quotes From Steve Carell I'd love to do Broadway some day. Before I started doing television I was just a primarily a stage actor, but I haven't done it in a while. Steve Carell stage-actorsdonetelevision 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. Steve Carell feel-goodkindloss I am both a night owl and an early bird. So I am wise and I have worms. Steve Carell wisebirdnight Do I need to be liked? Absolutely not. I like to be liked. I enjoy being liked. I have to be liked. But it's not like a compulsive need to be liked. Like my need to be praised. Steve Carell running-for-officeenjoyneeds Once I moved to Chicago and started trying to get acting jobs, I just tended to book more things that were comedically based than anything else. I never had the preconceived notion, "I will be a comedic actor." I just thought, "I'll go into acting and see what kind of work I can get." Steve Carell actingjobsbook I've waited my entire life to be busy. Whenever I hear actors complain about being busy, I think, 'shut up.' Because you do, you wait to be successful or to be able to work. Steve Carell successfulwaitingthinking Make friends first, make sales second, make love third. In no particular order. Steve Carell making-loveorderfirsts Different things just strike people differently. And it's so subjective, too. Because what makes one person laugh won't make others laugh. I guess it's kind of checkerboarded. Steve Carell differentlaughingpeople 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. Steve Carell italianfatherthinking The best food is in Chicago. There are great restaurants everywhere, from fancy places to burger joints. Steve Carell great-restaurantsburgerschicago I’m listening to a lot of Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, and Rihanna. A lot of pop female artists. I have to say I’m pretty well-versed in the pop female category. Steve Carell femaleartistlistening Oh, I so don't care about the podium at the Oscars. I've stood at the podium at the Oscars and that's close enough. To be a presenter is as close as I need to be. Steve Carell oscarscareneeds In the United States, there is a restaurant called The Outback Steakhouse, and I could survive in there for several weeks at least, sustaining myself on bloomin' onions and, I'm sure, their legitimate and very Australian cuisine. In the real Outback? I give myself about 14 minutes. Steve Carell onionsrealgiving Wikipedia is the best thing ever. Anyone in the world can write anything they want about any subject. So you know you are getting the best possible information. Steve Carell officewritingworld Do not to be as shy around girls, because they're probably just as shy and just as scared as you are. Steve Carell scaredshygirl I don't ever want to take a part in order to prove that I'm capable of doing something. It's all based in doing stuff that's interesting or working with people who would be fun to work with. Steve Carell funorderpeople For my wife and I, the challenge is to not make every day the best day possible because it's not realistic. Steve Carell realisticwifechallenges I think when someone who's known for doing drama does a comedy but just tries to be funny, that's a mistake. Steve Carell mistakedramathinking My wife is way funnier than I am. As much as I don't really feel I share a sense of humour with my family, I definitely share one with her - we find the same things funny. Steve Carell my-familywifeway My parents had a certain resolve to them that I don’t see as so prevalent today. Through good times and bad, they were committed to one another. Their relationship wasn’t something to be constantly examined or picked apart. Steve Carell good-timesparenttoday
