That's an interesting way to put it: an expectation of who you should be. More often than not, it's described as an expectation of who you are. Steve Carell More Quotes by Steve Carell More Quotes From Steve Carell When you approach it, and I hate sounding like the pretentious actor, but yeah, I think you have to find things within the character that are likeable, or at least human, and not to go at it with any sort of predetermined notions as to what that character is. Steve Carell hate character thinking We always spend the summer together. My wife and kids, we always go back to Massachusetts and spend the summer there near where my wife and I both grew up. I wasn't willing to sacrifice the summer to go elsewhere. Steve Carell sacrifice summer kids It's a very familiar type of place where people either go to their house on the lake or they get together in different places. This was a normal, relatable place that I think a lot of people have in their childhood. Steve Carell lakes people thinking I love my wife dearly, and, therefore, I've never cooked a meal, romantic or otherwise, for her. Steve Carell i-love-my-wife wife meals I think ultimately, when you believe somebody is going through a situation and it's either awkward or ridiculous, but you believe it, that can be funny. Steve Carell awkward believe thinking I think there's a little bit of idiot in everybody and I think some people cover it better than others but I think I am very much a guy who wears his heart on his sleeve. Steve Carell heart people thinking As soon as you start to talk about your own mannerisms, you are screwed. Because if you are aware of your own mannerisms, or beyond that even what makes any one thing funny to people, I really ascribe to that that if you start deconstructing it too much, it is immediately not funny. Steve Carell mannerisms too-much people Well, on a personal level, I would never want to take on a character who didn’t have some redeemable qualities. Even the worst of people, such as Michael Scott in The Office [Carell’s character in the US version of the Ricky Gervais sitcom], have some decent human qualities that you can latch onto. Steve Carell office character people As a parent, all you want is for your kids to be safe but you don’t want to be over-protective and so you know that at some stage, they’re going to make their own mistakes and get hurt emotionally when all you want to do is protect them from that. Steve Carell hurt mistake kids 'Anchorman'... is not grounded in anything. There is absolutely no heart to that movie, which I love. Steve Carell anchorman grounded heart I find things funny that aren't self-aware. That don't know they're funny, and I think the same can hold true for drama. If you think you're in this tragedy and you play it for tragedy, there's a self-awareness there that I think takes you out of watching it and I believe it cuts both ways. Steve Carell cutting drama believe I don't do anything to try to change people's perceptions of me. I tend to think that's sort of an ego driven thing. Steve Carell ego people thinking People know where romantic comedies are going. It's not brain surgery to figure out the end of a romantic comedy. Steve Carell comedy brain people Everyone is flawed and everyone makes mistakes and is culpable. Steve Carell everyone-makes-mistakes making-mistakes mistake 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. Steve Carell dating-someone want world I was sort of traumatized by girls in the third grade. Because there was a girl in my third grade class I had a crush on. I bought her a box of Valentine's Day chocolate. And I put it in her cubby with a note that said something like, "I am deeply in love with you, Your Secret Admirer." And I didn't sign my name. Steve Carell crush girl love-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?' Steve Carell character laughing thinking I don't even know if I have kind of a personal, like a take or a mental manual of how I'm raising kids. It's really - I think with everybody, it's just day-to-day and you just try to deal with every situation as they come. Steve Carell trying kids thinking Like most people, I have painful memories of trying to fit in as a child. I wore, said, and did pretty much what everyone else did. Steve Carell memories children people 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. Steve Carell remakes icons masters
