Maybe the coolest people are the ones who don't care about being... by Steve Carell

Maybe the coolest people are the ones who don't care about being cool.

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I know I'm not a woman's fantasy man; I don't have to uphold this image of male beauty, so that's kind of a relief in a way.

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I have no idea where my pathetic nature comes from. If I thought about it too long, it would depress me.

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Sending a handwritten letter is becoming such an anomaly. It's disappearing. My mom is the only one who still writes me letters. And there's something visceral about opening a letter - I see her on the page. I see her in her handwriting.

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Goalies almost never get credit for winning a game, but they alwa... by Steve Carell

Goalies almost never get credit for winning a game, but they always get blamed for losing a game.

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I don't think of myself as funny - I don't fill up a room with my humor... I would fail miserably as a stand-up comedian.

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I don't think something necessarily has to be mean or cynical to represent 'edgy.' I think 'edgy' can mean a lot of different things.

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I always feel so pretentious talking about comedy and deconstructing it. It always feels somehow self-centred to talk about any sort of process.

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In my role of agent for Miss Hathaway, I would like to say that she does not answer questions relating to this subject.

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

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I joined an improv group in college, which was a lot of fun. After I graduated, I moved to Chicago to try to get into the Second City.

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Talking to my wife, we stare at each other, saying, 'How is this happening? Why is this happening? Why now?' It's nothing I ever aspired to.

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I tend not to be someone who's on all the time, or is always tryi... by Steve Carell

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

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For the better part of my adult life, I proudly avoided nerd/nimrod/goober status. I was always just cool enough.

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I would like for my kids to at least have some familiarity with w... by Steve Carell

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

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I'm a fun dad, but I don't know if I'm the fun, crazy dad. by Steve Carell

I'm a fun dad, but I don't know if I'm the fun, crazy dad.

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How did I end up in films with people like Keira Knightley... all these beautiful leading ladies and me - it's kind of shocking.

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For me, at least, all of my career goals, all of my focus, everything just shifted and the importance was my children, and that's where all the joy came from as well.

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It's harder when people are playing along, because it's just not as funny. They're trying to be funny, and it sort of cancels out the whole joke.

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I am a patriot and I want to see this country [the USA] soar agai... by Steve Carell

I am a patriot and I want to see this country [the USA] soar again.

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I don't know how other people perceive the lives of actors, but my life is fairly ordinary. I go to work, I come home, I put my kids to bed. If I'm home in time for dinner, I have dinner, and then it's bedtime.

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