230 Quotes by Steve Carell

There’s such a freewheeling nature to ‘Second City,’ and the greatest thing about ‘Second City’ was having a sophisticated audience night after night who appreciated what it was. They knew it wasn’t all going to be great when you improvised, so they were very forgiving that way.

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 just to be an actor, not necessarily a comedic actor. I wasn’t that guy who struck out with women so he became really funny, and that’s when the women started to like him.

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.

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

Six-year-olds are very wrapped up in their own lives, and that’s the way it should be.

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.

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.

People know where romantic comedies are going. It’s not brain surgery to figure out the end of a romantic comedy.

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.