Steve Carell Talks About His Final Days At “The Office” In Parade Magazine
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 7:30 PM
Funny man Steve Carell (who we absolutely miss as Michael Scott on The Office) opens up to Parade Magazine this week about his final days on the set of the show that made him a household name as well as being the new “romantic lead” in his films. Here are some snippets of what he says:
Thanks to your films, you’ve emerged as a romantic leading man. Is that where you saw your career going?
I know you’re asking that with a sense of irony because clearly, no. How did I end up in films with people like Keira Knightley and Julianne Moore? All these beautiful leading ladies and me—it’s kind of shocking.
What was your worst pre-fame gig?
At one point, I was a wine telemarketer. Talking people into buying wine on the phone is not an easy job to begin with, but when you don’t know anything about wine and you really don’t drink it, it becomes even more difficult.
On saying goodbye to The Office.
“My last day, they gave me a send-off that was overwhelming. So much so for the next couple of weeks I couldn’t even look at all of the things I’d been given. The photographs and the videos and the letters. . . The cast made me a scrapbook, and each of them had a page in it related to me and to our relationship. The first couple of days, I tried to crack open some of that stuff and I just could not get through it. It was overwhelmingly emotional. It was just a great time in my life, an excellent group of people.”
On his wife, Nancy Carell, playing his wife in Seeking a Friend for the End of the World.
“She gets to leave me right at the beginning! They used the take where her shoe came off in the car, and she bolted across that field with one shoe on. I don’t think I’ve ever seen her run that fast. We shot the scene on our 17th anniversary. [The director] got us a cake and the crew sang ‘Happy Anniversary’ to us. It was very sweet, a very special night.”
Funny man Steve Carell (who we absolutely miss as Michael Scott on The Office) opens up to Parade Magazine this week about his final days on the set of the show that made him a household name as well as being the new “romantic lead” in his films. Here are some snippets of what he says:
What was your worst pre-fame gig?
At one point, I was a wine telemarketer. Talking people into buying wine on the phone is not an easy job to begin with, but when you don’t know anything about wine and you really don’t drink it, it becomes even more difficult.
“My last day, they gave me a send-off that was overwhelming. So much so for the next couple of weeks I couldn’t even look at all of the things I’d been given. The photographs and the videos and the letters. . . The cast made me a scrapbook, and each of them had a page in it related to me and to our relationship. The first couple of days, I tried to crack open some of that stuff and I just could not get through it. It was overwhelmingly emotional. It was just a great time in my life, an excellent group of people.”
“She gets to leave me right at the beginning! They used the take where her shoe came off in the car, and she bolted across that field with one shoe on. I don’t think I’ve ever seen her run that fast. We shot the scene on our 17th anniversary. [The director] got us a cake and the crew sang ‘Happy Anniversary’ to us. It was very sweet, a very special night.”