“He worked a long time before he broke through, and that makes a huge difference. What’s weird is that he is so mature and civilized.”
- Tina Fey.
“He has that same ability [as Peter Sellers] to inhabit characters, sometimes with silliness, but underneath is a great deal of humanity, and that’s what makes the silliness work. Comedy can be relatively dark, but what was surprising with Steve was the kindness at the heart of darkness.”
- Jon Stewart.
“The first time I saw The Office, I thought: ‘Who is this? He’s absolutely wonderful.’ His character has a quality of distraction and narcissism that is comepletely out of his control, but there is a pathos that’s very authentic so you believe in this person and feel for him.”
- Meryl Streep.
Steve Carell’s colleagues and friends praising him in an article from
The Hollywood Reporter.