Steve Carell Was an Early Taylor Swift Fan, Shares The Office Reboot and Despicable Me 4 Details

Steve Carell talks about how improvising with a baboon backfired on him, what to expect in The Office reboot series and why he thinks Despicable Me is such a franchise hit.
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Steve Carell Was an Early Taylor Swift Fan, Shares The Office Reboot and Despicable Me 4 Details
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[@jayynagar]

My man Michael Scott looking like CEO of Dunder Mifflin! 😎

[@K-aR-Oh]

and Dwight is the assistant to the CEO 😂

[@MikeFourie-fu6ug]

4:40 for the office stuff

[@JoboMcFakeAF]

This guy^🤙🏻

[@futursuz85]

Thanks! And it goes on for 20 seconds. This whole interview was a dud.

[@Jordanimal84]

I'd post a photo if I could, but my now husband and I live about a 45 minute drive from Steve and Nancy's General Store that they own, and when we were engaged (I've been a fan ever since we had to wait a week between episodes on NBC and introduced my husband to it, and it got us through losing our newborn son back in 2018), I sent a wedding invitation to their general store's address instead of the standard fan mail address, and it was our FIRST RSVP we got back and I swear it's Steve's handwriting and I don't even care if nobody believes me because I have it framed and I have seen his handwriting on The Office as he writes in a few instances and it looks exactly the same. So.

[@abigailzepeda2356]

wow!! how cool... did they go?

[@Jordanimal84]

@@abigailzepeda2356 Maaannn I eish they could have!! I'm gonna try and go out to their general store a couple times this summer because I know they come back from time to time and run it themselves during the summer months! Plus they had some wicked small batch honey that I wanted to buy lol

[@Hannah_Salem]

It won’t be a reboot or spin off, but rather a new mockumentary show with a new cast set in the same universe

[@cheesecakelasagna]

Like in High School Musical: The Musical: The Series

[@jimmyispromo]

This man is a gem

[@shahartley]

Steve looks amazing. The silver is really working for him.

[@marshiver13]

Him on The Morning Show was so scary. Great actor, Steve!!!!

[@__Theodore]

Watch him in FOXCATCHER. Incredible true story.

[@bburrellmusic]

Facts!!! Mitch was wild

[@jgoo4572]

Carell is my hero! I can watch the Office endlessly. Whenever I need a laugh, I will watch the Office!

[@janetter2236]

Same here!

[@augustburns933]

Same. The office and Brooklynn 99 are my go to shows for the best laughs.

[@masegomoleko9439]

Me too! Just have to think of his face, and I Crack a smile and a chuckle

[@frankhortoniv3739]

The Office is the greatest of all time

[@JayzoTheNextKobeBryant2.0]

Yessir

[@timthompson8297]

What are you smoking?

[@larryhmiller5336]

I like Seinfeld

[@theonewhereisay0h0h0h]

The Office, Seinfeld, Everybody Hates Chris, Parks and Recreation, King of Queens, Scrubs, sometimes, Everybody Loves Raymond all keep me laughing.

[@lizwei1967]

@@theonewhereisay0h0h0h curbs？

[@HenriqueOliveiraBR]

1:05 that's what she said

[@Dan_ImYourFukBuy]

Lol😂😂😂

[@Dan_ImYourFukBuy]

Yeah 9 inches, she's going to come out screaming and biting the towel or sheet😂😂😂😂

[@iconsonly99]

What a rad guy!! Steve is so chill and so iconic

[@FreeFree-ur4zq]

Jimmy interviews everyone like he's talking to a five year old🤪

[@AdrienneLaFlam]

I LOVE Steve Carell, and hearing that he's a Swift fan makes me love him 10 times more.

[@geoffreyfeinberg9792]

Steve Carell is talented! The Office was good with him in it. Missed him when he left. Ed Helms is better in the hangover movies and other films than his replacement.

[@Riclmnopp]

Please, God, Noooo, don’t reboot The Office.

[@guzinmusic]

yeah lets not pretend there's already another one right?🤦🏽🤦🏽

[@scorchingshark6424]

Not a reboot, more of a spinoff

[@Jordanimal84]

As a fan that has been watching since it was originally airing on NBC and had to wait an entire WEEK between episodes, the fact that the only other replies to this comment...like this went RIGHT over their heads lmaoooooo

[@hillarylarson4780]

Said no one ever

[@tdslywka]

I agree. But thankfully it's not a reboot. It is weirdly about the crew that made "The office" documentary, making a new documentary about some failing newspaper company. Wait. Did they use Prince Paper possibly? Doesn't matter. It has NOTHING to do with The Office!

[@nicholasgarrick8855]

Steve carell is a national treasure what a great actor he is!

[@timthompson8297]

No, he’s not.

[@micheleobrien5672]

@@timthompson8297 Yes. He is

[@beatrice81]

"It's me!" Lol😂

[@Dan_ImYourFukBuy]

It's me, hi, I'm the problem, it's me 🎉

[@Roxality]

I am so excited for the next despicable Me.

[@MKEditsxx]

I love how the girls haven't aged since Despicable Me 1 even though Gru stole the moon, became a secret agent, got married and now has a new baby 😂 especially Agnes, she should remain this little and adorable forever 🥺 Can't wait to see it with my whole family at the theatres, cousins included 🍿

[@fwwoggy]

The office reboot without the complete original cast will just end up like megamind 2 without the original cast. These shows are not meant to be touched.

[@drummerdan95]

It's more like a spinoff, it's not even going to take place at Dunder Mifflin. Dunno why they keep calling it a "reboot".

[@Drones_and_more]

Thats what we said in the UK when you stole the Office lol, so lets be careful about what you label an original cast . . . .

[@FuckoMcTim]

@@Drones_and_morewonder if they still have to pay Ricky

[@krisfrederick5001]

I don't know the reference but agree entirely with premise. That's the greed in the industry unfortunately. Aren't we on the 15th Spider-Man? Don't mess with perfection

[@FEARisCOLD]

Steve Carell's Office was a spin off from the British Show... This new show is doing the same thing.

[@linat2478]

I love Steve Carell! One of my favourite actors! Funny, sweet and great comedian! 💛😄

[@Shea3224]

I Love Steve Carell!! 💜

[@wishingonthemoon1]

Oh gosh I love Uncle Vanya. I wish I could see him in it.

[@Sennario]

Domhall Gleeson is also the actor who played Bill Weasley!! Hopefully the spinoff is gooood

[@nicholasgarrick8855]

Cant wait for despicable me 4.

[@Ringo-starrrr]

I will always forever be watching the Office

[@BlakieTT]

The last Despicable Me movie was so damn good man....😂 Have to check out 4 🤷🏽‍♂

[@DanielReuben_14897]

steve is still in michel scott role 🤣

[@leahluostarinen]

Really

[@alex31245]

Typecast for life.

[@sharonshin4574]

Awesome interview with Steve Carell!!! His movie is adorable.

[@diegoperaza229]

5:04 That's what she said lol

[@Shane_Conrad]

Jimmys fake laugh is really coming through this entire interview.

[@alikazar368]

I’m so sick of these comments just get over it Jesus

[@Jakevoss96]

​@alikazar368 oh boy not a big off dose of lexapro for your garbage escapist reality TV huh?

[@justinrodgers4834]

​@alikazar368 Let's be real though, Jimmy interrupts Steve with the laugh, so it is obnoxious.

[@EmpyreanLightASMR]

Can't wait for reboots of Friends, Seinfeld, Frasier, Taxi, really try to capture lightning in a bottle again

[@nicholasgarrick8855]

Hope not Not everything needs a reboot the office is one of those things just ruin the nostalgia that make the original show special.

[@tdslywka]

They have confirmed it's not a reboot. It's following the documentary crew that filmed "The Office" in their next documentary. I'm just trying to tell ppl what's going on. Do I like it? I don't even know why it's happening tbh.

[@hannahcrouch22]

Jimmy Fallon form an entire sentence challenge impossible

[@renebethke7132]

Jimmy! Can you be any more over the top while interviewing!!!

[@zackarydecicco3919]

I feel like Gru should take the girls to the doctor…why haven’t they aged since the first film?

[@DerekHoscorner]

Jimmy Fallon Steve carell Taylor swift awesomeness job interview

[@leahluostarinen]

I've seen a couple of movies with Steve Carell and he does do some funny movies to

[@JanPaysour]

Loved the Office so much that my husband told me I was addicted to it. I was!!!

[@TeamVRY]

1:05 That's what she said?

[@Dan_ImYourFukBuy]

Yeah, 8 inches, hard for her lol

[@nicolamcguinness8689]

Richard deacon talk about Paul Newman

[@bottolf68]

A reboot is not correct, its a spin off. Another company and another characters

[@moonsting]

THat Baboon got the taste of the kool-aid 😅

[@lashendawest7509]

We love steve carell and jimmy fallon

[@anamicanovic5522]

Gru/Hammy talking about Audrey from The Lorax.

[@rep.1989]

I KNEW HE WAS A SWIFTIE

[@sofialuvs]

YESS

[@SwitchFBproductions]

i like his watch

[@lourajosy]

That show was good because it was at the right time, with the right cast. Nowadays, most jokes would be misunderstood with this absolutely boring generation. I only have one thing to say: NOOOO Please, God, NOOOOO

[@ericlevitt30]

love steve on the office love that series one of my favorites love the cast seen it many times on peacocktv since i have it

[@BIGDADDYONE101]

The great Steve carrell ❤

[@barcelonachair6487]

Jimmy doesn't strike me as an active parent.

[@sarahmcnamara3820]

so handsome still at his age!

[@LuckyJackson2020]

he told that damn almighty story so many times

[@martronix85]

I cant wait for the Reboot. Can you image Jim and them show up at the failing newspaper office. Showing them the ropes.

[@tdslywka]

Not a reboot. Its the documentary crew that did The Office, following a new company

[@eddyspecter]

Again, talking about Taylor Swift!? I'm going to ruin Deadpool for you. She is Lady Deadpool in the new movie.

[@jkap34]

Meh, Deadpool is overrated. I'm waiting for a green arrow movie, a new Constantine movie starring Matt Ryan from the TV show and the arrowverse, or the new Spiderman movie, looks like venom might be one of the antagonists, or at least the piece of symbiote that fell off his character at the end credits scene from spider man 3.

[@Dan_ImYourFukBuy]

That's a good one lol😂😂😂😂

[@milkyway1998]

1:55 I have replyed 6 times, I still don't understand why Jimmy laughed there? Can anyone help me....

[@michaeldolan4163]

Just ask Frasier how good an idea to reboot a classic is.

[@Jenishka]

Steve Carell its the uncle I always wanted to have ... Love him !! I still feel his pain when he was waxed on his chest on 40 years old Virgin :D

[@tugcebalta86]

Uncanny experiences with animals, it's joyful, right? 😂

[@remfan170]

Hello Eugene Levy!!!

[@MusicholicV]

The bear or Steve Carell, I'd choose Steve 100%

[@jonathanprice3151]

1:05 thats what she said

[@gypsycat11]

Wow..Steve does a great cover accent!

[@Fan-Nimater101]

DM 4 is gonna be great

[@lucasazevedo8435]

Don’t reboot the office, please…..GOD NO PLEASE NO…..NOOOOOOOOOO

[@mariarahelvarnhagen2729]

we already survived the candid tribunal

[@Yourlocalchefromgtag]

I sit on the toile.. wait What?!?!

[@prernasaraf5898]

Steveeee!!!!!

[@VanessaDo-lu7cd]

michae; scott loves

[@caroclou1925]

we dont want a reboot though!!!

[@nncyc-ec9oq]

Mr Worldwide ~ Let’s do it tonight

[@inggie2]

NOOOOOOO LEAVE THE OFFICE ALONE PLEASE 🙏🏽 AND THANK YOU!

[@shac9131]

Everything is a failure remaking a success

[@inggie2]

@@shac9131 yeah to make yet another failure 😞 lol 😂

[@VAMCVETS]

Michael Scott not returning to the office, major bummer. I have to say, after Steves departure, it wasn't the same level of comedy.

[@jamesdresner8917]

Was this guy on blues clues

[@AA-wc3tw]

Wait. Steve Carrell is the voice of Baby Gru. And the clip was just, like, two coo's and some chewing noises. That's all they've got? Or did I miss something?

[@JAppJohnAndrewPatrickPeters]

love steve...but noone is going to give 2 sh*ts about an office reboot without any OG cast

[@tdslywka]

Yeah like I've been saying it's not a reboot. It's following the next project the documentary crew that filmed "The Office." Which I don't think anyone was asking for.

[@jkap34]

​@@tdslywka if Andy Samberg is a part of it in some aspect similar to Jim's role, but play him like Jake Peralta from Brooklyn 99, I think I'd watch.

[@tdslywka]

@@jkap34 "If onlys and justs were candies and nuts, then every day would be Erntedankfest!"

[@alexhaynes7220]

Yes please bring back the office ❤😂🎉😢😮😅

[@ihamhaider]

Michael Scott will remain as his best his work

[@antonlvdm]

Not to be a negative Nancy. But the reboot will go about the same as That 70s show reboot. Will get some attention because of the "original" and then people will just forget about it.

[@Ali-ms4ir]

Everything Steve Carell does is my fav❤ can’t wait to see the new Despicable Me 4! And he’s a Swiftie?! 🥹

[@nikitabhandari3718]

Seems like the interview was rushed. Love Steve Carell

[@aishanixon8960]

A reboot without the OG cast or at least some of us pointless :(

[@maverickhanecak1682]

Gru, Dru, and Blue

[@traydaniel0403]

We need the original cast of The Office returning like Rainn Wilson, John Krasinski, BJ Novak, Jenna Fischer, Mindy Kaling, Phylia Smith, Leslie David Baker, and of course Steve Carell. Don’t reboot The Office

[@celimoon__]

i fucking love and steve is right the office is great bc of that amazing writting

[@adalbertoruize]

Anders Karlsson As the world runs away from religion (conscience living), having not the strong man (unconditional love in the subconscious truth), they run right back ramping up their insanity (hypocrisy)

[@louiseharvey]

Seems like such a great guy

[@haloed-hero]

You don’t reboot the office, you do The Office Movie with the original cast

[@tugcebalta86]

Did you hear how she called out Ryan and Blake? 😂😂😂 This guy is doomed! 🙄😂 No no just joke! But I even know his name! 🙄😂

[@tugcebalta86]

You almost ate me again.

[@hopehansen5573]

I wanna be Steve’s friend lol

[@SupritaMusic]

Reboots are obviously not even close to the original in script, screenplay or casting, they just seem to ride on past fame and promos, why do they do it. Hardly a few get it right.

[@Shatatata]

Finally Michael made it to Broadway

[@tugcebalta86]

Everybody desires to come true their dreams with this guy but what he and I have is beyond dreams. So We're gonna see who's rooted with him certainly. I hope it's gonna be soon. 🔆♌♍👑

[@Mahtygal]

Steve C is crazy talented. But just more money in Ricky Gervais's pocket lol

[@WalkingmanPattaya]

Steve is always fun to listen to and watch. Thank you Jimmy and Tonight Show. Sorry, but Animated "movies" are not cinema. Yes, 100's of actors do voice overs for these but really not a movie as there is no acting from actors, just voice overs

[@editordaniellemarie]

most unprofessional? A tie between pressuring the medical examiner to rule the death a homicide and divulging medical information of a suspect. to me it's all best categorized as just inhuman but those are the two must agreed as professional violations in my opinion

[@Murasakitsuyukusa]

There's no random "low-key" PR for famous people, come on, lmao.

[@eric-p6j4z]

she is our angel

[@GodTierComments]

It's easy to be an early fan of someone famous when you know they're going to be famous because of daddy please