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" 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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" Your brain, like your tongue, is a muscle. Practicing thinking by yourself really helps develop your brain, which you need throughout your day. I like to practice my thinking in a darkened room, alone. "
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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. "
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" There's plenty of room for all sorts of movies and all sorts of comedies, so I never saw that as a competitive thing. I think there's room in the marketplace for everything. "
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" I had a lot of coaches growing up that were very hard on the kids in the name of building character, but it could have the opposite effect on kids. "
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" Talking to my wife, we stare at each other, saying, 'How is this happening? Why is this happening? Why now?' It's nothing I ever aspired to. "
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" I love my wife dearly, and, therefore, I've never cooked a meal, romantic or otherwise, for her. "
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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 tend not to be someone who's on all the time, or is always trying to make other people laugh. "
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" The best food is in Chicago. There are great restaurants everywhere, from fancy places to burger joints. "
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" Style advice? Always wear clothes... that are... clean, for starters. An added bonus if it is pressed as well. Unless you are wearing clothes that are supposed to look rumpled. "
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" Goalies almost never get credit for winning a game, but they always get blamed for losing a game. "
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" They love 3-D. It's fun to watch a movie in 3-D with your children or with a group of children because you see the kids in front of you from time to time reaching up. You see little hands reaching up to grab things that they think are right there. I think it's remarkable and it does obviously, literally, add another dimension to the movie. "
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" 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. "
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" I don't think something necessarily has to be mean or cynical to represent 'edgy.' I think 'edgy' can mean a lot of different things. "
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" I've thought a lot about success, because it's very strange to me that I've been successful. "
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" Steve Buscemi is hilarious. He's really, really good with improv. "
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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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" I know I'm not a woman's fantasy man; I don't have to uphold this image of male beauty, so that's kind of a relief in a way. "
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" Relationships shouldn't be disposable. If there's something worth saving - not always the case, some relationships are irreconcilable - but if there is something that you determine is worth saving, then try to do that. "
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" I don't know how other people perceive the lives of actors, but my life is fairly ordinary. I go to work, I come home, I put my kids to bed. If I'm home in time for dinner, I have dinner, and then it's bedtime. "
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" 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. "
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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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