--- title: "14 Want Quotes By Steve Carell" description: "14 Want quotes by Steve Carell. Plus more from Steve Carell and more Want sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18c/steve-carell-2000_country_i-am-a-patriot-and-i-want-to-see-this-co_327526.jpg" --- > [ I am a patriot and I want to see this country \[the USA\] soar again. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-carell/i-am-a-patriot-and-i-want-to-see-this-country-the-usa-soar-again/) [Steve Carell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-carell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18c/steve-carell-2000_country_i-am-a-patriot-and-i-want-to-see-this-co_327526.jpg) > [Being a leading man... that's like saying, 'I want to be astronaut.' That's not going to happen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-carell/being-a-leading-man-that-s-like-saying-i-want-to-be-astronaut-that-s/) [Steve Carell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-carell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a9/steve-carell-2000_astronaut_being-a-leading-man-that-s-like-saying-i_2514873.jpg) > [Wikipedia is the best thing ever. Anyone in the world can write anything they want about any subject. So you know you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-carell/wikipedia-is-the-best-thing-ever-anyone-in-the-world-can-write/) [Steve Carell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-carell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1bb/steve-carell-2000_entry_wikipedia-is-the-best-thing-ever-anyone_695423.jpg) > [I'll do whatever I can do to remain employed. I'm just not precious about doing comedy or doing drama. I never want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-carell/i-ll-do-whatever-i-can-do-to-remain-employed-i-m-just-not-precious/) [Steve Carell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-carell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62f/steve-carell-2000_comedy_i-ll-do-whatever-i-can-do-to-remain-empl_2582626.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-carell/i-don-t-ever-want-to-take-a-part-in-order-to-prove-that-i-m-capable/) [Steve Carell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-carell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8e/steve-carell-2000_capable_i-don-t-ever-want-to-take-a-part-in-orde_2384214.jpg) > [I remember my wife wanted me to go see 'Contagion,' and I was like, 'Oh my God, why would I want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-carell/i-remember-my-wife-wanted-me-to-go-see-contagion-and-i-was-like-oh-my/) [Steve Carell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-carell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18c/steve-carell-2000_contagion_i-remember-my-wife-wanted-me-to-go-see-c_2484322.jpg) > [Everybody wants to be a Bond villain. That is the coolest. To be able to portray a Bond villain, that is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-carell/everybody-wants-to-be-a-bond-villain-that-is-the-coolest-to-be-able/) [Steve Carell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-carell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c71/steve-carell-2000_able_everybody-wants-to-be-a-bond-villain-tha_623621.jpg) > [I don't think my kids have to worry too much about me embarrassing them because that's not how I would want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-carell/i-don-t-think-my-kids-have-to-worry-too-much-about-me-embarrassing/) [Steve Carell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-carell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab5/steve-carell-2000_dad_i-don-t-think-my-kids-have-to-worry-too_2970700.jpg) > [You're doing your kids a disservice if they do get everything they want because that's not the way life's going to go,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-carell/you-re-doing-your-kids-a-disservice-if-they-do-get-everything-they/) [Steve Carell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-carell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/395/steve-carell-2000_children_you-re-doing-your-kids-a-disservice-if-t_1564486.jpg) > [As a parent, all you want is for your kids to be safe but you don’t want to be over-protective and so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-carell/as-a-parent-all-you-want-is-for-your-kids-to-be-safe-but-you-don-t/) [Steve Carell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-carell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24b/steve-carell-2000_children_as-a-parent-all-you-want-is-for-your-kid_1210333.jpg) > [Well, on a personal level, I would never want to take on a character who didn’t have some redeemable qualities. Even the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-carell/well-on-a-personal-level-i-would-never-want-to-take-on-a-character/) [Steve Carell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-carell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/920/steve-carell-2000_character_well-on-a-personal-level-i-would-never-w_2719286.jpg) > [I don't want to be pretentious about, "yes, I need to move in to the more dramatic roles and express myself and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-carell/i-don-t-want-to-be-pretentious-about-yes-i-need-to-move-in-to-the/) [Steve Carell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-carell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/842/steve-carell-2000_capable_i-don-t-want-to-be-pretentious-about-yes_282083.jpg) > [I don't want to, I don't plan my career based on what I want people to believe I'm capable of doing. So…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-carell/i-don-t-want-to-i-don-t-plan-my-career-based-on-what-i-want-people-to/) [Steve Carell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-carell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24a/steve-carell-2000_be-good_i-don-t-want-to-i-don-t-plan-my-career-b_3170375.jpg) > [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-carell/when-someone-is-good-but-it-doesn-t-seem-like-their-world-will/) [Steve Carell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-carell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cff/steve-carell-2000_collapse_when-someone-is-good-but-it-doesn-t-seem_1802564.jpg) ## Other authors on Want ## More by Steve Carell > [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-carell/it-s-a-very-familiar-type-of-place-where-people-either-go-to-their/) [Steve Carell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-carell/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-carell/im-not-funny-im-actually-quite-a-boring-person-to-meet-one-on-one/) [Steve Carell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-carell/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-carell/it-s-harder-when-people-are-playing-along-because-it-s-just-not-as/) [Steve Carell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-carell/) > [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-carell/my-wife-is-way-funnier-than-i-am-as-much-as-i-don-t-really-feel-i/) [Steve Carell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-carell/) > [From cheesecake on a stick to meat skewers to deep-fried bananas on a stick - there are no plates anymore. In Los Angeles, everything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-carell/from-cheesecake-on-a-stick-to-meat-skewers-to-deep-fried-bananas-on-a/) [Steve Carell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-carell/) > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-carell/if-i-d-had-a-great-level-of-success-early-on-who-knows-how-i-would/) [Steve Carell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-carell/) > [It was kind of like they were just giving us a toy to play with, to do whatever we wanted with.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-carell/it-was-kind-of-like-they-were-just-giving-us-a-toy-to-play-with-to-do/) [Steve Carell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-carell/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-carell/i-wasn-t-a-class-clown-i-never-developed-this-comedic-flair-as-a-kid/) [Steve Carell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-carell/) > [Whenever I hear someone describe something as a 'kids movie' or a 'family movie,' it immediately has a negative connotation in my mind because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-carell/whenever-i-hear-someone-describe-something-as-a-kids-movie-or-a/) [Steve Carell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-carell/) > [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-carell/i-don-t-text-i-don-t-have-a-blackberry-literally-i-just-have-a-cell/) [Steve Carell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-carell/) > [I ate fiberglass insulation. It wasn’t cotton candy like the guy said… my tummy itches.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-carell/i-ate-fiberglass-insulation-it-wasn-t-cotton-candy-like-the-guy-said/) [Steve Carell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-carell/) > [After enjoying a tuna fish sandwich, my seven year old son kindly asked me to 'Change my breath.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-carell/after-enjoying-a-tuna-fish-sandwich-my-seven-year-old-son-kindly/) [Steve Carell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-carell/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-carell/different-things-just-strike-people-differently-and-it-s-so/) [Steve Carell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-carell/) > [“I hate hospitals, in my mind they are associated with sickness.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-carell/i-hate-hospitals-in-my-mind-they-are-associated-with-sickness/) [Steve Carell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-carell/) > [I think when someone who's known for doing drama does a comedy but just tries to be funny, that's a mistake.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-carell/i-think-when-someone-who-s-known-for-doing-drama-does-a-comedy-but/) [Steve Carell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-carell/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/want/steve-carell/#itemlist", "name": "14 Want Quotes By Steve Carell", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I am a patriot and I want to see this country [the USA] soar again.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Steve Carell" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-carell/i-am-a-patriot-and-i-want-to-see-this-country-the-usa-soar-again/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18c/steve-carell-2000_country_i-am-a-patriot-and-i-want-to-see-this-co_327526.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18c/steve-carell-2000_country_i-am-a-patriot-and-i-want-to-see-this-co_327526.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18c/steve-carell-2000_country_i-am-a-patriot-and-i-want-to-see-this-co_327526.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I am a patriot and I want to see this country [the USA] soar again.” — Steve Carell", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Being a leading man... that's like saying, 'I want to be astronaut.' 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