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Steve Carell jokes about his 'pretty cute' kids

Sarah — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 14:41:34 +0000

Actor Steve Carell, 45, appeared on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Wednesday in promotion of the new season of The Office, which began last evening. Steve and his wife Nancy have two children — Elisabeth Anne, 6, and John, 3 — whom Steve jokes are pretty middle-of-the-road when it comes to kids.

I hate it when people talk about kids on talk shows. I hate it, because every person who talks about their kids, their kids are obviously the most intelligent and the cutest — gifted. They’re all very, very gifted children. Ask me about my kids.

‘How are your kids?‘, says Jay.

They’re alright. They’re…are they the cutest? Meh…They’ll get by. They’re not going to freak anybody out. In terms of intellect — it’s like, Ehhh, you know. They’re not going to be at the back of the class, not going to be at the front of the class — they’ll be in the middle kind of looking out the window. They’ll get by.

You know what? It’s like believing your own press. Because you get online and you can read about yourself. And people will say — ‘Steve Carell is the worst person, horrible actor, terrible.’ And other people say, ‘Oh, he’s great, he’s great.’ The reality is somewhere in the middle. It’s like, well, I’m all right. And the same with my kids. They’re not that great, they’re okay, they’re pretty cute. They’ll do. I produced them.

If you missed the appearance, you can watch the video in the extended post, courtesy Just Jared.

Steve Carell and family at daughter's soccer practice

Sarah — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 17:15:19 +0000

Actor Steve Carell, 45, and his wife Nancy Walls were spotted with their children — Elisabeth Anne, 6, and John, 3 — at Elisabeth’s soccer practice on Saturday. While Elisabeth was playing, Steve took John to choose a treat from the ice cream truck.

Photos by Ramey.

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Steve Carell talks about prioritizing family over career

Missy — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 08:33:08 +0000

In a new interview with Fade In magazine, actor Steve Carell said the explosion of his acting career won’t come at the expense of his family. Although his new film Evan Almighty is #1 at the box office and his television show The Office is an undeniable hit, Steve says he has to say ‘no’ to potential projects sometimes — no matter how tempting the offer.

The idea that I can’t do something because I’d promised to take my children to the zoo. As dumb as that sounds, and as important as these opportunities are…At a certain point, when the pressure of doing too many things simultaneously starts eroding family life, [that] was the hardest, but ultimately easiest, thing to do: to say ‘I have to leave this aspect of my life intact, or I won’t have a life’ … I won’t look back at the end of my life and cherish every movie I’ve made. It will be my family — that will be the important thing. That’s my perspective.

Steve and his wife Nancy Walls have two children: Elisabeth, 6, and John, 3.

Source: Fade In, page 56

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