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  • SUNDAY NOVEMBER 19 2006 6:00 AM

Steve Carell's Office Equipment Terror

If you need the toner in your copier refilled, don’t bother calling Steve Carell. Or Michael Scott, for that matter. Office equipment scares the fuck out of him.

"I dream about computers that turn into evil robots and eat my face. I'm not kidding," the star of NBC's The Office tells Parade magazine. "There's no deep reason – no ticking toy ever harmed me in my youth. I never got a big electric shock. I just don't have the aptitude for technology or even the inclination."


Carell’s co-star B.J. Novak said he appreciates his homeboy’s appliance fear; Novak said it makes him a better friend. Awww.

"He actually communicates with people. He actually asks people how they're doing and makes friends and learns names and makes small talk while the rest of us retreat into our own little worlds in between each take," says Novak. "Steve is the only true gentleman on the set. Steve is old-fashioned, and it works."


Let’s hope Carell doesn’t ever go Hollywood as a result of his fame.

 
Comments
Jamwise

Jamwise

Australia
April 2006

NOV 19, 2006 06:20 AM

Cool.

I'm hangin' out bad for Evan Almighty.

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_panda_

I'm lost
November 2005

NOV 19, 2006 07:28 AM

That is a nice tie. smile

felix7

felix7

Greenville, SC
March 2003

NOV 19, 2006 01:28 PM

Steve Carell rocks, the work he did on the Daily Show, especially for the "Indecision 2000" was priceless. I am glad that he is finding the success he deserves, and that he has stayed grounded, thus far.

photoline

photoline

Edmonton, AB
January 2005

NOV 19, 2006 09:33 PM

I bet he could still photocopy his butt, if he wanted....

drewyoon

drewyoon

Los Angeles, CA
August 2006

NOV 20, 2006 09:36 AM

I remember his indecision 2000 stuff, Felix, i had tears from laughter.
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