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" It was kind of like they were just giving us a toy to play with, to do whatever we wanted with. "
Steve Carell
Giving
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" I play the baritone horn - which is like a mini tuba, and is the least sexy instrument you can choose, and I generally say I don't play one so I don't have to acknowledge it. I also play fife. "
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" My maternal grandma was a tough, tough lady and a stern woman, who lost her husband young and raised six kids by herself. She lived in a mining community in Upstate New York and ran a boarding house for miners. She took care of an entire family and miners who lived in the house as well. "
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" I'm a fun dad, but I don't know if I'm the fun, crazy dad. "
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" Because I went from the 'Daily Show' where I was a fake news guy on a fake news show, to 'Bruce Almighty' where I played a news guy, to 'Anchorman' where I played a news guy, now I'm... yeah, I tend to gravitate towards suits. "
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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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" You're so in love with your children that you'd do anything for them; that's not necessarily the best thing. "
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" 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. "
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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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" Don't underestimate your kids. Don't be condescending, because they're children but they're not stupid. "
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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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" 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. "
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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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" Being an action star is all I had ever hoped to be. I ultimately knew I would be an action star. "
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" I'm not a crazy Vegas guy. I'm not a gambler. "
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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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" 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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" My wife is way funnier than I am. As much as I don't really feel I share a sense of humour with my family, I definitely share one with her - we find the same things funny. "
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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!' "
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Man
" 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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" 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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" Once I moved to Chicago and started trying to get acting jobs, I just tended to book more things that were comedically based than anything else. I never had the preconceived notion, 'I will be a comedic actor.' I just thought, 'I'll go into acting and see what kind of work I can get.' "
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" I don't think of myself as funny - I don't fill up a room with my humor... I would fail miserably as a stand-up comedian. "
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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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" Taste in comedy, like fashion, changes all the time. "
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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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" 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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" Maybe the coolest people are the ones who don't care about being cool. "
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" I was a bad dater, and up until 8th grade I went to an all boy's school. So, by the time I hit high school I was a bit freaked out by women in general. "
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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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" When I first started looking at Twitter, I followed people like Steve Martin, who will just write the funniest non sequiturs now and then, which I thought was really fun. That's kind of the road I've taken. Every now and then, something comes into your mind and you put it out there. It's very innocuous. I think it's kind of fun. "
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