Steve Carell Quotes: 40-Year Old Virgin on Having a Funny Life

Best Steve Carell Quotes

Bryan  Mckinley
Steve Carell is one of the leading names in comedy movies today. His movie quotes from 'The Forty Year Old Virgin,' 'Get Smart' and Dinner for Schmucks are among the most looked up quotations on the web. Although most of the quotes are of the funny variety, the majority of his personal quotes are more on the serious side. Here are the top ten best Steve Carell quotes.

Work? Do I have to?

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

When you do it, do it hard.

"Nothing to me feels as good as laughing incredibly hard."

Why so pathetic?

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

Does Steve Carell think Steve Carell is funny?

"I don't think of myself as funny- I don't fill up a room with my humor...I would fail miserably as a stand-up comedian."

Quote on how becoming a star after The 40 Year Old Virgin has changed his life

"I have a he**uva lot more money than I used to! That's the only perceivable difference. I will definitely be able to send my kids to college now, which was a question before."

On being a father

"I'm already seeing my daughter's cynical sense of humor and she's 6! I bought these shoes, and I'm thinking I'm a cool dad, I'm going to show her my new half-boot shoes. So I said, "What do you think of these?" And she's like, "Mmm no, not liking them."

Steve Carell quote on Get Smart

"I am sort of billing it as a comedic 'Bourne Identity.'"

They don't all want to be The 40 Year Old Virgin

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

Steve Carell quote on leaving The Office

"It's sort of bittersweet because a lot of these people are my best friends. I feel like it's time for me to move on, but it's sad. I'm going to miss everybody a lot."

Having fun with being The 40 Year Old Virgin

"I just liked the notion of a guy trying desperately to tell a sex story but having no knowledge of sex or no handle on the vernacular of sex talk, and trying to invent it with very adept guys who have told the sex story many, many times."

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Published by Bryan Mckinley

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