Playboy Interview: Steve Carell

June, 2008

Steve CarellA candid conversation with the most clueless boss on TV about playing likable idiots, almost losing a nipple and his courageous stand against mosquitoesThis past December Steie Martin, at the Kennedy Center Honors. "His act was that of an idiot savant," he joked about Martin's onscreen personae. "Minus the sawml." Apparently, it takes one to know one. The same could be said for most of Carell's comedic alter egos.Take Michael Scott, the clueless regional manager...

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