Steve Carell Quotes About Character

Quotes about: Character

• 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.

  Steve Carell

  Growing Up, Character, Kids

  "Steve Carell Talks DESPICABLE ME 2, the Evolution of the Character, Being Gru on ELLEN, Lying About His Appearance on THE OFFICE Finale, and More". Interview with Sheila Roberts, collider.com. June 23, 2013.

• I've always enjoyed watching characters that aren't aware that they're doing anything funny. And I think that inherently makes them funnier.

  Steve Carell

  Character, Thinking, Enjoyed

• When you approach it, and I hate sounding like the pretentious actor, but yeah, I think you have to find things within the character that are likeable, or at least human, and not to go at it with any sort of predetermined notions as to what that character is.

  Steve Carell

  Hate, Character, Thinking

  "Steve Carell, Allison Janney Interview, The Way Way Back". MoviesOnline Interview, www.moviesonline.ca. July, 2013.

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

  Steve Carell

  Character, Interesting, Effort

  "Steve Carell Interview DESPICABLE ME". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. July 5, 2010.

• 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.

  Steve Carell

  Moving, Character, Games

  "First Banana". Interview with Tad Friend, www.newyorker.com. July 5, 2010.

• 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.

  Steve Carell

  Fun, Real, Character

• You never saw Peter Sellers the actor trying to make you laugh. All he was doing was the character. What I'm saying is that I don't think you should know you're in a movie. I don't like it when actors are winking at the audience and saying, 'Right, isn't this funny? Are you with me?'

  Steve Carell

  Character, Thinking, Laughing

• [And on going from character to leading actor] I don't approach anything differently; I just approach it as a character. I'm always astounded at the fact that I've ever played a leading character in anything [Laughs]. And my wife concurs with that, frankly. She always thought I would be, at best, the wacky neighbor on a sitcom, so this is all just a surprise and a joy.

  Steve Carell

  Character, Laughing, Wife

  "Steve Carell, Jim Carrey, Olivia Wilde, Steve Buscemi, John Francis Daley, and Jonathan Goldstein Talk THE INCREDIBLE BURT WONDERSTONE". Interview with Adam Chitwood, collider.com. March 11, 2013.

• I don't want to be pretentious about, "yes, I need to move in to the more dramatic roles and express myself and prove to everyone that I'm capable of doing it," it really isn't that, I think that's a bad reason to choose roles. It's more like, who would I be working with and would they be fun to do and entertaining to watch, is it an interesting story or character.

  Steve Carell

  Fun, Moving, Character

  "Steve Carell Interview CRAZY, STUPID, LOVE". Interview with Matt Goldberg, collider.com. July 28, 2011.

• Well, on a personal level, I would never want to take on a character who didn’t have some redeemable qualities. Even the worst of people, such as Michael Scott in The Office [Carell’s character in the US version of the Ricky Gervais sitcom], have some decent human qualities that you can latch onto.

  Steve Carell

  Character, People, Office

  "Dan In Real Life - Steve Carell interview". Interview with Jack Foley, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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