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.

The only time I set the bar low is for limbo.

People know where romantic comedies are going. It's not brain surgery to figure out the end of a romantic comedy.

The better the person you're with, the better you're going to be because they're giving you so much more.

I tend not to be someone who's on all the time, or is always trying to make other people laugh.

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.

Goalies almost never get credit for winning a game, but they always get blamed for losing a game.