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Being a leading man... that's like saying I want to be astronaut. That's not going to happen.
Steve Carell
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Steve Carell
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: August 16
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Massachusetts
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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.
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I don't think my kids have to worry too much about me embarrassing them because that's not how I would want to grow up, with wacky dad showing up at school and performing for everyone.
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I think anyone loves to play a character that is either evil to a certain extent or has a real definable character flaw. Those are always really fun, and, I think, funny.
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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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You project a version of yourself to the public to protect and insulate yourself a little bit. Actors come up with a version of themselves in order to protect the real person.
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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.
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This year, more people will use cocaine than will read a book to their children.
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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.
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Fool me once, strike one. But fool me twice ... strike three.
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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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The better the person you're with, the better you're going to be because they're giving you so much more.
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An office is a place to... live life to the fullest. To the max. To... an office is a place where dreams come true.
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Everyone said to Vincent van Gogh, You can't be a great painter, you only have one ear. And you know what he said? I can't hear you.
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I was a bad dater, and up until 8th grade I went to an all boy's school. So, by the time I hit high school I was a bit freaked out by women in general.
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Reading a book, watching a movie, going to a play, it's transporting, and very, very exciting. And to be a part of that, creating things with your imagination, whoa.
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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.
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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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One person with the ability of half a person doing the work of four people.
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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.
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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.
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