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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. "
Steve Carell
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" 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. I don't even have an earpiece for my cell phone. "
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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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" 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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" 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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" Divorce is fairly common these days, and I think many times people disregard the emotional impact that divorce has on a couple and a family, because it happens so frequently. "
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" Actors and magicians are both performers, and they represent things that are not necessarily who they are. "
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" 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. "
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" I have no idea where my pathetic nature comes from. If I thought about it too long, it would depress me. "
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" For the better part of my adult life, I proudly avoided nerd/nimrod/goober status. I was always just cool enough. "
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" 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. "
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" A healthy body means a healthy mind. You get your heart rate up, and you get the blood flowing through your body to your brain. Look at Albert Einstein. He rode a bicycle. He was also an early student of Jazzercise. You never saw Einstein lift his shirt, but he had a six-pack under there. "
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" For me, at least, all of my career goals, all of my focus, everything just shifted and the importance was my children, and that's where all the joy came from as well. "
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" 'Anchorman'... is not grounded in anything. There is absolutely no heart to that movie, which I love. "
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" Whenever I'm offered something, I always read the script and meet the director. I still appreciate just being considered. "
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" People generally have sex fairly young, and probably younger than they should be having it. "
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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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" Anything nice that's said about me is diametrically opposed to who I am. "
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" I don't like to get angry. It doesn't make me feel good. It is very human, but it's also a loss of control, and I like to have that kind of control. "
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" What kind of person would have a real craving for gummy worms? "
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" If we were meant to read for enjoyment, would God have created television? Read as it was intended - for exercise. The more you read, the more you expand your - what's the word I'm looking for? - your stockpile of words. You must have a stockpile of words that you can pass along to your children for their stockpile. "
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" People say, 'What's the secret to a marriage?' There's no secret - I think you get lucky. "
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