“I think a character in a comedy should not know they're in a comedy.” — Steve Carell Copy Share Image
It's interesting when you're trying to create a character in animation. It's really a communal effort. — Steve Carell Copy Share Image
When you approach it, and I hate sounding like the pretentious actor, but yeah, I think you have to find things within… — Steve Carell Copy Share Image
I've always enjoyed watching characters that aren't aware that they're doing anything funny. And I think that inherently makes them funnier. — Steve Carell Copy Share Image
I think anyone loves to play a character that is either evil to a certain extent or has a real definable character… — Steve Carell Copy Share Image
I had a lot of coaches growing up that were very hard on the kids in the name of building character, but… — Steve Carell Copy Share Image
I don't want to be pretentious about, "yes, I need to move in to the more dramatic roles and express myself and… — Steve Carell Copy Share Image
Well, on a personal level, I would never want to take on a character who didn’t have some redeemable qualities. Even the… — Steve Carell Copy Share Image
You never saw Peter Sellers the actor trying to make you laugh. All he was doing was the character. What I'm saying… — Steve Carell Copy Share Image
[And on going from character to leading actor] I don't approach anything differently; I just approach it as a character. I'm always… — Steve Carell Copy Share Image
I look at improvising as a prolonged game of chess. There's an opening gambit with your pawn in a complex game I… — Steve Carell Copy Share Image
I never approached the character in terms of his sexuality. In my mind, he was just a person who was in love… — Steve Carell Copy Share Image
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.… — Steve Carell Copy Share
Im not funny. Im actually quite a boring person to meet one-on-one. That seems to shock quite a few people who I run into… — Steve Carell Copy Share
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… — Steve Carell Copy Share
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,… — Steve Carell Copy Share
From cheesecake on a stick to meat skewers to deep-fried bananas on a stick - there are no plates anymore. In Los Angeles, everything… — Steve Carell Copy Share
If I'd had a great level of success early on, who knows how I would have responded. I might have been a complete jerk. — Steve Carell Copy Share
It was kind of like they were just giving us a toy to play with, to do whatever we wanted with. — Steve Carell Copy Share
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… — Steve Carell Copy Share
Whenever I hear someone describe something as a 'kids movie' or a 'family movie,' it immediately has a negative connotation in my mind because… — Steve Carell Copy Share
I don't text, I don't have a Blackberry. Literally, I just have a cell phone that I haven't programmed and the whole Bluetooth. No.… — Steve Carell Copy Share
I ate fiberglass insulation. It wasn’t cotton candy like the guy said… my tummy itches. — Steve Carell Copy Share
After enjoying a tuna fish sandwich, my seven year old son kindly asked me to 'Change my breath.' — Steve Carell Copy Share
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… — Steve Carell Copy Share
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 Copy Share
![“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.” quote by Steve Carell](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/920/steve-carell-2000_character_well-on-a-personal-level-i-would-never-w_2719286.jpg)
![“[And on going from character to leading actor] I don't approach anything differently; I just approach it as a character. I'm always astounded at the fact that I've ever played a leading character in anything [Laughs]. And my wife concurs with that, frankly. She always thought I would be, at best…” quote by Steve Carell](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/011/steve-carell-2000_actors_and-on-going-from-character-to-leading-a_2135330.jpg)
