Meryl Streep is a big fan of notorious Hollywood nice guy Steve Carell having starred with him in the upcoming comedy/drama Hope Springs, but was actually a fan of his before she ever met him.
The multiple Oscar winner waxed complimentary to The Hollywood Reporter saying, "The first time I saw The Office, I thought, 'Who is this? He's absolutely wonderful'," Streep explained. "His character has a quality of distraction and narcissism that is completely out of his control, but there is a pathos that's very authentic so you believe in this person and feel for him." You'd really have to agree with her, and the show has struggled somewhat since Carell decided to concentrate on his fledging movie career - he reportedly commands up to $15 million a movie now.
Jon Stewart, who gave Carell his break in 1999 as a correspondent on The Daily Show offered even more impressive praise; Stewart compares him to Peter Sellers: "He has that same ability to inhabit characters, sometimes with silliness, but underneath is a great deal of humanity, and that's what makes the silliness work." He adds, "Comedy can be relatively dark, but what was surprising with Steve was the kindness at the heart of darkness."
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