Steve Carell quote: "If somebody takes the parking place you were waiting for, I tend to kind of let it roll off my back. Maybe I'm harboring a lot of something and it will all explode somewhere down the road, but I tend to just let it slide off my back."

I don't text, I don't have a Blackberry. Literally, I just have a cell phone that I haven...
STEVE CARELL

When you do an animated movie - at least the ones that I've been a part of - you never see any o...
STEVE CARELL

A healthy body means a healthy mind. You get your heart rate up, and you get the blood flowing throu...
STEVE CARELL

For the better part of my adult life, I proudly avoided nerd/nimrod/goober status. I was always just...
STEVE CARELL

I was sort of traumatized by girls in the third grade. Because there was a girl in my third grade cl...
STEVE CARELL

I think in most relationships that have problems, there's fault on both sides. And in order for ...
STEVE CARELL

I'm not good with pickup lines or flirting. I don't have that kind of self-confidence or nat...
STEVE CARELL

From cheesecake on a stick to meat skewers to deep-fried bananas on a stick - there are no plates an...
STEVE CARELL

In an enclosed space, a camel's breath can change the atmosphere of the room. Not only just the ...
STEVE CARELL

My father is Italian, and I never met my paternal grandparents. The family name was 'Caroselli&#...
STEVE CARELL

Talking to my wife, we stare at each other, saying, 'How is this happening? Why is this happenin...
STEVE CARELL

There's such a freewheeling nature to 'Second City,' and the greatest thing about 'S...
STEVE CARELL

I play the baritone horn - which is like a mini tuba, and is the least sexy instrument you can choos...
STEVE CARELL

I've waited my entire life to be busy. Whenever I hear actors complain about being busy, I think...
STEVE CARELL

Sending a handwritten letter is becoming such an anomaly. It's disappearing. My mom is the only ...
STEVE CARELL

You're doing your kids a disservice if they do get everything they want because that's not t...
STEVE CARELL

I have no idea where my pathetic nature comes from. If I thought about it too long, it would depress...
STEVE CARELL

Anything nice that's said about me is diametrically opposed to who I am.
STEVE CARELL

I remember my wife wanted me to go see 'Contagion,' and I was like, 'Oh my God, why woul...
STEVE CARELL

I'm listening to a lot of Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, and Rihanna. A lot of pop female artists. I ...
STEVE CARELL

Everyone is flawed and everyone makes mistakes and is culpable.
STEVE CARELL

Everybody wants to be a Bond villain. That is the coolest. To be able to portray a Bond villain, tha...
STEVE CARELL

Hmm. When's the next Olympics?
STEVE CARELL

I had no idea it would be as painful as it was, ... It really stung.
STEVE CARELL

I look at improvising as a prolonged game of chess. There's an opening gambit with your pawn in ...
STEVE CARELL

Relationships shouldn't be disposable. If there's something worth saving - not always the ca...
STEVE CARELL

My maternal grandma was a tough, tough lady and a stern woman, who lost her husband young and raised...
STEVE CARELL

Actors and magicians are both performers, and they represent things that are not necessarily who the...
STEVE CARELL

It's not a master plan to do every remake and every recreation of icons. It's just what I...
STEVE CARELL

I had a friend who, after 25 years of marriage, found himself trying to date again, and it was compl...
STEVE CARELL

The 40 Year-Old Virgin
STEVE CARELL

This is the most surreal moment for me ever,
STEVE CARELL

I just liked the notion of a guy trying desperately to tell a sex story but having no knowledge of s...
STEVE CARELL

Nothing to me feels as good as laughing incredibly hard.
STEVE CARELL

People generally have sex fairly young, and probably younger than they should be having it,
STEVE CARELL

It's not a master plan to do every remake and every recreation of icons. It's just what I've been hi...
STEVE CARELL

The BBC show is iconic, and you can't set that as a goal. All we tried to do was make a funny show b...
STEVE CARELL

I can't imagine it getting any better than this right now. From here, it's bound to be all downhill.
STEVE CARELL

[We were careful] not to get too deep with it. It's kind of a fun, silly, sweet movie,
STEVE CARELL

Women don't find that sexy, ... If you walk into a person's apartment and it's floor-to-ceiling acti...
STEVE CARELL

Dan in Real Life
STEVE CARELL

I'm telling people that I lost it at 17, only because it sounds like a good age. I made a deal with ...
STEVE CARELL

That's when I got really nervous.
STEVE CARELL

That would have been professional suicide!
STEVE CARELL

Ah, yes, the chest hair-waxing scene, ... That was 100% real - complete with real pain.
STEVE CARELL

We decided it needed to be more grounded. If people are not involved with the story, I don't think a...
STEVE CARELL

We thought it would make her less endearing, but it did exactly the opposite, ... The women in the a...
STEVE CARELL

Once you have all those emotional aspects in line and you're in sync with the other person, then you...
STEVE CARELL

When I auditioned for the part, I had no idea how beloved the BBC version was. If I had known, I wou...
STEVE CARELL

[Had acting come up empty for him,] I'd be teaching history at a prep school, ... And that's still m...
STEVE CARELL

Just the idea of him with a love interest is mind-boggling, ... I don't know how it could be handled...
STEVE CARELL

If you changed one line, ... one [test] number would go up and another number might go down. You can...
STEVE CARELL

'The 41-Year-Old Whore,' ... That would probably be the sequel.
STEVE CARELL

[Kelly Clarkson] smells like strawberry shortcake, I know that.
STEVE CARELL

He does his job just well enough to keep it. The ridiculous exploits and faux pas are just this side...
STEVE CARELL

In my wildest dreams I never thought — well, I never thought I'd work.
STEVE CARELL

You never really know what the camera is picking up in a scene -- or even where it is. There are ste...
STEVE CARELL

It was kind of like they were just giving us a toy to play with, to do whatever we wanted with.
STEVE CARELL

He's likable and normal but is a slight degree of a hermit and has a huge secret, ... I think it bot...
STEVE CARELL

Talking to my wife, we stare at each other, saying, 'How is this happening? Why is this happening? W...
STEVE CARELL

Bruce Almighty.
STEVE CARELL

Once I moved to Chicago and started trying to get acting jobs, I just tended to book more things tha...
STEVE CARELL

In the United States, there is a restaurant called The Outback Steakhouse, and I could survive in th...
STEVE CARELL

Even the most self-confident people, at one point of their lives, felt like outsiders or felt like t...
STEVE CARELL

Oh, I so don't care about the podium at the Oscars. I've stood at the podium at the Oscars a...
STEVE CARELL

You never saw Peter Sellers the actor trying to make you laugh. All he was doing was the character. ...
STEVE CARELL

What kind of person would have a real craving for gummy worms?
STEVE CARELL

In my wildest dreams I never thought - well, I never thought I'd work.
STEVE CARELL

I don't think my kids have to worry too much about me embarrassing them because that's not h...
STEVE CARELL

Whenever I hear someone describe something as a 'kids movie' or a 'family movie,' it...
STEVE CARELL

When I first started looking at Twitter, I followed people like Steve Martin, who will just write th...
STEVE CARELL

Style advice? Always wear clothes... that are... clean, for starters. An added bonus if it is presse...
STEVE CARELL

Children are very smart, in their own stupid way. A child's brain is like a sponge, and you know...
STEVE CARELL

Reading a book, watching a movie, going to a play, it's transporting, and very, very exciting. A...
STEVE CARELL

I'm a terrible cook, but I make very good lobster salad.
NANCY CARELL

What I don't miss is living in a small town where everybody knows you, your family, and what you...
NANCY CARELL

It would have been a lot of fun as a receiver to play.
STEVE LARGENT

YouTube is a platform, a distribution vehicle.
STEVE CHEN

We're allowing technology to take out the non-value-added manual elements of the McDonald's ...
STEVE EASTERBROOK

Ultimately, the bread and butter of McDonald's is delivering great service, great quality food, ...
STEVE EASTERBROOK

Chaos in the midst of chaos isn't funny, but chaos in the midst of order is.
STEVE MARTIN

Take the crocodile, for example, my favorite animal. There are 23 species. Seventeen of those specie...
STEVE IRWIN

There's a waterfall of content that you're missing out on.
STEVE CHEN

The great thing is that the funny side of getting old is fuel for my comedy.
STEVE COOGAN

I've got to keep breathing. It'll be my worst business mistake if I don't.
STEVE MARTIN

I think I did pretty well, considering I started out with nothing but a bunch of blank paper.
STEVE MARTIN

When your hobbies get in the way of your work - that's OK; but when your hobbies get in the way ...
STEVE MARTIN

I'm tired of wasting letters when punctuation will do, period.
STEVE MARTIN

I think I meant that, given the circumstances of my childhood, I had the illusion that it's easi...
STEVE MARTIN

What I mean is that none of my talents had a - what's that great word - rubric. A singer, an act...
STEVE MARTIN

Tweeting is really only good for one thing - it's just good for tweeting... It is rewarding, bec...
STEVE MARTIN

Boy, those French: they have a different word for everything!
STEVE MARTIN

I got a flue shot and now my chimney works perfectly.
STEVE MARTIN

What is a movie star? A movie star is many things. They can be tall, short, thin, or skinny. They ca...
STEVE MARTIN

I really enjoy finding the right word, creating a good, flowing sentence. I enjoy the rhythm of the ...
STEVE MARTIN

Everything is fraught with danger. I love technology and I love science. It's just always all in...
STEVE MARTIN

I did stand-up comedy for 18 years. Ten of those years were spent learning, four years were spent re...
STEVE MARTIN

I believe that sex is one of the most beautiful, natural, wholesome things that money can buy.
STEVE MARTIN

Nothing I do is done by popular demand.
STEVE MARTIN

Well, excuuuuuse me!
STEVE MARTIN

What is comedy? Comedy is the art of making people laugh without making them puke.
STEVE MARTIN

Talking about music is like dancing about architecture.
STEVE MARTIN

Snakes are just very instinctive to me. I've been playing with snakes since before I could walk....
STEVE IRWIN

The first crocodile I ever caught was at nine years of age, and it was a rescue.
STEVE IRWIN

So fear helps me from making mistakes, but I make lot of mistakes.
STEVE IRWIN

No, snakes are no problem. I'd go to any country, anywhere, any snakes, not a problem.
STEVE IRWIN

I believe sustainable use is the greatest propaganda in wildlife conservation at the moment.
STEVE IRWIN

I sincerely believe that there's room for cutting down trees for forestry and grazing, so as we ...
STEVE IRWIN

That might have a lot to do with it, but you know, I probably don't show fear, but I suffer from...
STEVE IRWIN

We've evolved from sitting back on our tripods and shooting wildlife films like they have been s...
STEVE IRWIN

Every cent we earn from Crocodile Hunter goes straight back into conservation. Every single cent.
STEVE IRWIN

The only animals I'm not comfortable with are parrots, but I'm learning as I go. I'm get...
STEVE IRWIN

When I talk to the camera, mate, it's not like I'm talking to the camera, I'm talking to...
STEVE IRWIN

No matter where you go and what you do in America, you turn the tele on and you're confronted wi...
STEVE IRWIN

I am optimistic globally. So many scientists are working frantically on the reparation of our planet...
STEVE IRWIN

Crikey means gee whiz, wow!
STEVE IRWIN

Yeah, I'm a thrill seeker, but crikey, education's the most important thing.
STEVE IRWIN

Where I live if someone gives you a hug it's from the heart.
STEVE IRWIN

I've probably saved thousands of peoples' lives with my educational message on snake bites, ...
STEVE IRWIN

There has been nothing more impactful on my life and meaningful to me than the introduction of Chris...
STEVE HARVEY

It's all about persevering. You know you're going to be tested. If you keep your eyes fixed ...
STEVE ALFORD

You want to be a bit compulsive in your art or craft or whatever you do.
STEVE MARTIN

Yes, guns are to men what jewelry is to women!
STEVE KING

Older people sit down and ask, 'What is it?' but the boy asks, 'What can I do with it?&#...
STEVE JOBS

But innovation comes from people meeting up in the hallways or calling each other at 10:30 at night ...
STEVE JOBS

It's not the tools that you have faith in - tools are just tools. They work, or they don't w...
STEVE JOBS

Throughout my years in business, I discovered something. I would always ask why you do things. The a...
STEVE JOBS

Computers themselves, and software yet to be developed, will revolutionize the way we learn.
STEVE JOBS

A minimum wage leads to higher levels of unemployment.
STEVE HANKE

I have no fear of losing my life - if I have to save a koala or a crocodile or a kangaroo or a snake...
STEVE IRWIN

I used to have a pseudonym for Twitter, and I'm trying to get my check to verify me.
STEVE MNUCHIN

Doubt the conventional wisdom unless you can verify it with reason and experiment.
STEVE ALBINI

The very purpose of the Second Amendment is to stop the government from disallowing people the means...
STEVE STOCKMAN

I have an independent record label called Favored Nations on which I released an album by an artist ...
STEVE VAI

Lombardi, a certain magic still lingers in the very name. It speaks of duels in the snow and Novembe...
STEVE SABOL

In fact, it is often times a detriment for the Government to preemptively legislate on an issue befo...
STEVE BUYER

I expect VA's inspector general and the FBI to work closely together so that we can identify and...
STEVE BUYER

The nation's obligation to her defenders is as old as that defense itself.
STEVE BUYER

Our nation has kept faith with its veterans. Funding for veterans healthcare and benefits is strong,...
STEVE BUYER

Each family of the United States military now attends to their loved ones funeral with a wrenching w...
STEVE BUYER

As a matter of fact, when compression technology came along, we thought the future in 1996 was about...
STEVE BUYER

The men and women of today's VA are dedicated to caring for today's veterans and stand ready...
STEVE BUYER

Our greatest privilege and responsibility as leaders of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs...
STEVE BUYER

More than 48 million men and women have served America well and faithfully in military uniform.
STEVE BUYER

It is my sincere hope that hospitals across Indiana, and America, continue to strive for excellence ...
STEVE BUYER

We, the people of the United States, we are a great Nation with a great vision.
STEVE BUYER

I also believe that Hurricane Katrina did reveal a weakness in our energy supply systems, highlighti...
STEVE BUYER

The young patriots now returning from war in Iraq and Afghanistan and other deployments worldwide ar...
STEVE BUYER

America's veterans embody the ideals upon which America was founded more than 229 years ago.
STEVE BUYER

From a generation that came of age during the Great Depression, millions of our country's best a...
STEVE BUYER

Men and women whose early youth was shaped in the ordeal of the Great Depression showed the values f...
STEVE BUYER

Since the Revolution, eight generations of America's veterans have established an unbroken commi...
STEVE BUYER

I just love putting on the uniform; it's what I have done since I was 6 or 7 years old. It's...
STEVE FINLEY

I'm a team player. But I will say that I've never been a 'yes man' in my life.
STEVE SOUTHERLAND

In Washington, if someone disagrees with you, the problem must be your heart - you must be evil.
STEVE SOUTHERLAND

I think voters appreciate that I'm not sitting in the back row, waiting for my turn.
STEVE SOUTHERLAND

The people of Florida's 2nd Congressional District said, 'Steve, go up there and fight to ch...
STEVE SOUTHERLAND

Down where I grew up, able-bodied people do that which we believe God created them to do. Work is a ...
STEVE SOUTHERLAND

Work is life. Work is opportunity.
STEVE SOUTHERLAND

I do believe in tax incentives in order to move the economy forward.
STEVE SOUTHERLAND

I believe that being dependent makes you more vulnerable. I believe work is the greatest gift you wi...
STEVE SOUTHERLAND

I came out of the private sector, a life that I enjoyed. I sleep in a bed every night with a woman I...
STEVE SOUTHERLAND

What is true is that if we do not change the culture of Washington, D.C., the United States of Ameri...
STEVE SOUTHERLAND

One thing we cannot put a number on is the number of casualties because people were never connected ...
STEVE SOUTHERLAND

If you love helping people, and you love trying to bring comfort and peace to their life at a very, ...
STEVE SOUTHERLAND

I believe that the federal government, like a raging river, has expanded upon the barriers and the b...
STEVE SOUTHERLAND

Don't wait for your ship to come in. Swim out to it.
STEVE SOUTHERLAND

You probably choose x-country because you were too small to play football.
STEVE PREFONTAINE

I've been in international competition, and now I know what the big boys can do. You don't g...
STEVE PREFONTAINE

If you can make money with your talents, why not?
STEVE PREFONTAINE

I knew I had to show everybody that I could excel at something. But I didn't know what.
STEVE PREFONTAINE

It doesn't feel that good when you're ahead the whole way.
STEVE PREFONTAINE

If I lose forcing the pace all the way, well, at least I can live with myself. But if it's a slo...
STEVE PREFONTAINE

This is my last year at Oregon, and it means a lot to me. The people have been great to me up there,...
STEVE PREFONTAINE

If he's having a good day and running the right race, nobody can beat Frank Shorter at 10,000 me...
STEVE PREFONTAINE

Nobody likes tainted victories.
STEVE PREFONTAINE

No one will ever win a 5,000-meter by running an easy two miles. Not against me.
STEVE PREFONTAINE

What I want is to be number one.
STEVE PREFONTAINE

Every once in a while I think, 'What am I doing out here running, busting myself up? Life could ...
STEVE PREFONTAINE

Something inside of me just said 'Hey, wait a minute, I want to beat him,' and I just took o...
STEVE PREFONTAINE

Kids made fun of me because I was a slow learner, because I was hyperactive, because of a lot of thi...
STEVE PREFONTAINE

A race is a work of art that people can look at and be affected in as many ways they're capable ...
STEVE PREFONTAINE

When people go to a track meet, they're looking for something, a world record, something that ha...
STEVE PREFONTAINE

I have a positive mental attitude, and I think I'm divine, but I also think it takes a heck of a...
STEVE PREFONTAINE

My philosophy is that I'm an artist. I perform an art not with a paint brush or a camera. I perf...
STEVE PREFONTAINE

Some people create with words or with music or with a brush and paints. I like to make something bea...
STEVE PREFONTAINE

A lot of people run a race to see who is fastest. I run to see who has the most guts, who can punish...
STEVE PREFONTAINE

To hell with love of country - I compete for myself.
STEVE PREFONTAINE

I'm going to work so that it's a pure guts race at the end, and if it is, I am the only one ...
STEVE PREFONTAINE

It's not who's the best - it's who can take the most pain.
STEVE PREFONTAINE

Over the years, I've given myself a thousand reasons to keep running, but it always comes back t...
STEVE PREFONTAINE

In January 2013, one could buy a Bitcoin for about $13. By late November, one Bitcoin would have set...
STEVE HANKE

In 2008, Bitcoin was mysteriously introduced to the world in an obscure, technical paper written und...
STEVE HANKE

Flourishing is everyone's birthright. I'm trying to break this hold that being smiley and ch...
STEVE JURVETSON

Birthplace of Obama: Oahu. Birthplace of Obama's budget policies: Neverland.
STEVE BREEN

White Americans believe we've made more progress since the end of slavery in 1865 than do black ...
STEVE ERICKSON

Nothing is black-and-white, except for winning and losing, and maybe that's why people gravitate...
STEVE NASH

We've been playing ugly. Without all of our bodies, we've been kicking it all over the shop,...
STEVE NASH

Since I was first nominated to serve as Treasury Secretary, I have been maligned as taking advantage...
STEVE MNUCHIN

When you play with Kobe Bryant, the ball is gonna be with him most of the time, which is understanda...
STEVE NASH

If somebody takes the parking place you were waiting for, I tend to kind of let it roll off my back. Maybe I'm harboring a lot of something and it will all explode somewhere down the road, but I tend to just let it slide off my back.

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If somebody takes the parking place you were waiting for, I tend to kind of let it roll off my back. Maybe I'm harboring a lot of something and it will all explode somewhere down the road, but I tend to just let it slide off my back.

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