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" I had, like, two goals in my career: One was to try to get into 'Second City.' When I moved to Chicago, my goal was to try to work at 'Second City.' And beyond that, my goal was to make enough money as an actor to not do anything else but act, not have to go and wait tables again. "

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Steve Carell

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" I'll do whatever I can do to remain employed. I'm just not precious about doing comedy or doing drama. I never want to do something in order to prove to other people what I can do. "

" I'd love to do Broadway some day. Before I started doing television I was just a primarily a stage actor, but I haven't done it in a while. "

" I'm listening to a lot of Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, and Rihanna. A lot of pop female artists. I have to say I'm pretty well-versed in the pop female category. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" You know what Disneyland is known for? The Big Turkey Leg. People walk around with enormous deep-fried turkey legs. Like little kids, three-year-old kids eating these five-pound turkey legs. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" It was kind of like they were just giving us a toy to play with, to do whatever we wanted with. "

Steve Carell

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" I've waited my entire life to be busy. Whenever I hear actors complain about being busy, I think, 'shut up.' Because you do, you wait to be successful or to be able to work. "

" Oh, I so don't care about the podium at the Oscars. I've stood at the podium at the Oscars and that's close enough. To be a presenter is as close as I need to be. "

Steve Carell

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" I don't feel that I have to control every aspect of things that I appear in. You learn a lot performing someone else's writing. "

" People say, 'What's the secret to a marriage?' There's no secret - I think you get lucky. "

" 'Anchorman'... is not grounded in anything. There is absolutely no heart to that movie, which I love. "

" I think in most relationships that have problems, there's fault on both sides. And in order for it to work, there has to be some common ground that's shared. And it's not just one person making amends. "

" People generally have sex fairly young, and probably younger than they should be having it. "

" I always feel so pretentious talking about comedy and deconstructing it. It always feels somehow self-centred to talk about any sort of process. "

" Being a leading man... that's like saying, 'I want to be astronaut.' That's not going to happen. "

" For the better part of my adult life, I proudly avoided nerd/nimrod/goober status. I was always just cool enough. "

" 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'm not unattractive, but I'm not a matinee idol. I think I have a very non-threatening look - I'm fine, I'm right in the middle. "

" In the United States, there is a restaurant called The Outback Steakhouse, and I could survive in there for several weeks at least, sustaining myself on bloomin' onions and, I'm sure, their legitimate and very Australian cuisine. In the real Outback? I give myself about 14 minutes. "

" Goalies almost never get credit for winning a game, but they always get blamed for losing a game. "

" I've thought a lot about success, because it's very strange to me that I've been successful. "

Steve Carell

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" Sending a handwritten letter is becoming such an anomaly. It's disappearing. My mom is the only one who still writes me letters. And there's something visceral about opening a letter - I see her on the page. I see her in her handwriting. "

" It's interesting when you're trying to create a character in animation. It's really a communal effort. "

" I think when someone who's known for doing drama does a comedy but just tries to be funny, that's a mistake. "

" I look at improvising as a prolonged game of chess. There's an opening gambit with your pawn in a complex game I have with one character, and lots of side games with other characters, and another game with myself - and in each game you make all these tiny, tiny moves that get you to the endgame. "

" I would like for my kids to at least have some familiarity with who I am: 'It's the man from TV!' "

Steve Carell

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