Actors and magicians are both performers and they represent things that are not necessarily who they are.
Steve CarellThe best food is in Chicago. There are great restaurants everywhere, from fancy places to burger joints.
Steve CarellI don't do anything to try to change people's perceptions of me. I tend to think that's sort of an ego driven thing.
Steve CarellTalking to my wife, we stare at each other, saying, 'How is this happening? Why is this happening? Why now?' It's nothing I ever aspired to.
Steve CarellAs soon as you start to talk about your own mannerisms, you are screwed. Because if you are aware of your own mannerisms, or beyond that even what makes any one thing funny to people, I really ascribe to that that if you start deconstructing it too much, it is immediately not funny.
Steve CarellThere's very little you could do to prepare to be a correspondent on The Daily Show, because it's not being a journalist, it's not being an actor. It involves elements of both of those things, but they're not required necessarily as job experience. It's helpful if you know how to improvise, but again, not a requirement.
Steve Carell