- You are just so ugly, aren't you?
I've never actually seen
or been up close to a puppy before. (laughs)
I'm so happy right now.
Come back over here.
Oh, what's wrong?
(puppy growls)
That's true.
Honestly, I feel like my blood pressure has dropped
like 30 points.
Hi, I'm Steve Carell, and today I am going to be
answering your questions on BuzzFeed
while I play with puppies.
Can we bring in the puppies?
I'd like to see the p...
Oh.
(rock music)
Oh my.
(Steve gasps)
Okay.
Oh, you're so good.
Hi.
Okay.
No, we just thought we were going to do
kind of a fun little animated movie.
Come back over here.
(puppy growls)
Oh, what's wrong?
Come here.
When it came out, no one had any idea
that it was going to be as successful or popular as it was.
(cheery music)
(puppy growls) I'm gonna let him answer.
What was that?
(puppy whimpers and groans)
That's true.
What else?
Could you ask the question again? (laughs)
I did not stay.
Oh.
I did not stay in character the whole time.
No. (puppy squeals)
(Steve laughs)
Oh, you are so talkative.
I tried out the voice for my family
and I did various voices.
Oh, sweetheart.
And I basically tried out the voice on my kids.
The one that I landed on was the one that made them laugh,
and that's the one I use.
(puppy whimpers)
Oh, sweetie.
(laughs) I'm so happy right now.
(puppies growl)
You are so noisy.
(upbeat music)
I don't watch "The Office."
I'll be honest.
A lot of times the cast would get together
the first couple of seasons and watch them.
There was an episode called "Dinner Party."
One of my faves, it was fun to...
That was a really fun one to shoot.
That was a hard one to get through.
We were laughing a lot.
We were cracking each other up.
I think fans of "The Office" know "The Office" way better
than I do because I certainly
have not seen all the episodes.
And if I have, oh, you're bitin' me!
Woo, that was a good one. (laughs)
So I don't know what I was talking about.
Characters are challenging in different ways.
Some are more physically challenging.
Like a character I did
in a movie called "Foxcatcher" was challenging.
In part, it was a very dark film, but in part,
just because of all the makeup and, you know,
the preparation that went into something like that.
Playing Michael Scott was challenging in the sense
that it was over a seven-year run,
and to try to have a character that evolved over time.
You know, I guess I don't think
of them necessarily as challenging.
They're just different.
They're all just different experiences.
(puppy squeals) Oh, sweetie.
Oh, what's wrong?
(loud kisses)
(puppy squeals)
Okay, okay.
Oh.
This one's going to sleep.
Could you find some cuter dogs for me to be with,
because these dogs are hideous.
Look at how hideous that dog is.
You are just so ugly, aren't you?
Yes.
I like this one.
(light, cheery music)
Not that I can think of,
'cause I generally set my sights pretty low. (laughs)
Hey, oh, look at you.
Can I pick you up?
Oh. (puppy whimpers)
Oh, sweetie.
Oh, it's okay.
It's okay.
You scared?
Are you scared, honey?
(puppy whimpers) Shh.
Okay, I'm gonna pick you up.
Is that better?
You okay?
Okay.
Wow, I've never been asked that before.
I think Dwight was a really fun character.
I can't imagine anybody but Rainn Wilson playing Dwight.
I can't imagine any
of the characters being played by anyone else,
but I think that's a fun, crazy character to play.
I don't know.
I, honestly, nothing.
Like, I never learned how, I wish that I played,
I wish I took a part where I learned how to play the piano
or juggled or something, but I never, maybe out of fear,
I just never took (laughs) parts like that.
Ryan Gosling actually learned how to play the piano
and well for a movie role that he did.
I just don't.
I don't know if I have that in me.
He's like, he's like a real actor. (laughs)
(upbeat music)
Well, that's another scene
that we just sort of laughed the whole day.
Much of that movie was that way.
But yeah, a pig pile
with me and Kevin Bacon and Ryan Gosling,
like just attacking each other,
was something I never thought I would take part in,
but was...
Are you biting me?
It was sort of a fun...
Very, very pointy,
(puppy squeaks)
very pointy teeth.
They're like little needles.
Wow.
I've never actually seen or been up close to a puppy before.
(Steve laughs)
They're all going to sleep.
Honestly, I feel like my blood pressure has dropped
like 30 points.
Seriously.
This is...
I highly recommend this.
Do you rent them?
(happy music)
For starters, that would never happen
'cause that's like the most boring story ever.
Whoa, look at him going to get his dry cleaning.
Oh, he's picking his kids up from school again.
That's a fun movie to watch.
I would have Ryan Gosling play me, only out of ego.
He's not right for it in any way, shape, or form,
but that would be pretty cool.
And honestly, my wife would love that, too.
From 2004?
Not many, no.
I remember I had a mustache that they glued on
that kept falling off 'cause, I, you know,
have a sweating issue.
And apart from that, I was just a security guard
running around saying, "These confounded kids!"
You know, I was kind of like the dorky adult in that.
Well, I think all the adults were sort of dorky
in that movie, but I was like the dorky security guard.
There were like a ton of really great people in that movie.
Brie Larson, Jane Lynch, like there were,
like across the board, it was kind an amazing cast.
(light music)
At the time I wasn't even thinking in terms of pivoting,
or I was just so excited to get work of any kind.
And I thought it was one of those scripts,
and not that I was being choosy about scripts either,
I just, I got very lucky with that.
That was a script that as a cast, we talked about it later.
We all read it, all loved it instantly,
and all of our characters felt very fleshed out and real,
and everyone seemed to be on the same page about it.
And I don't think a word was changed
from the time we read the script to the time we shot.
Nothing was altered.
It was just sort of exactly what it needed to be.
That was fun.
That was a really fun experience.
Well, we wanted it to be an actual general store
that sells sundries.
You know, we sell coffee and muffins and penny candy,
and you know, it's a story that's been around
since like the mid 1800s.
Oh, do you want to come up here too?
Join your brothers and sisters.
Everybody's sleeping.
There you go.
Wanna lie down?
(puppy whimpers quietly)
Lie down.
But we also, you know, we want to have like bread
and milk and things like that.
I like a place people can stop in.
What I love about this store is that it's a throwback.
You know, it's very analog, if you will.
It's where people get together
and meet each other and have a cup of coffee.
Kids ride their bikes there and, you know,
get a little ice cream cone or something.
So, it's kind of a throwback.
It's the type of place I grew up living fairly close to,
and there are not many of them left,
so I just thought to preserve it as a piece of history,
but also kind of just a neighborhood gathering place.
There aren't as many of those places as there used to be.
So that was important to me.
Look at this.
Come on.
Now I can't leave.
(cheery music)
Well, I think the idea in the "Minions,"
the first "Minions," there's one little part
where Gru and the Minions cross paths
and the Minions are quite taken with him.
He's showing himself to be
a really promising villain in training.
And, I don't know the exact genesis of the specific idea,
but I think it might have come out of that.
It would be interesting to see an origin story
of how the Minions and Gru came together and bonded
and had this long-term partnership.
We've seen different facets of Gru over the years.
You know, we've seen him kind of become a dad.
We've seen him find a brother.
We've seen him fall in love,
like all of these different parts of his life.
And to see the genesis of it, you know,
what he was like as a kid, and the genesis
of that character was kind of a fun fertile ground.
Probably a Minion.
What a life, you know, to go through your life
with pure, unadulterated joy.
I mean, isn't that how everyone would prefer to live?
I mean, it's just filled with laughter and happiness.
That's how I see the Minions.
I think that's a nice way to go through life.
I'm feeling that right now, to be honest with you.
Thank you, BuzzFeed.
This has been the worst,
and I would never, ever do it again.
Really, it has made me unhappy and stressed.
Go see "Minions: The Rise of Gru."
(puppy snores loudly)
(Steve laughs)
Coming in July, and please check out Pacific Pups Rescue.
These dogs are from there.
I can vouch for these dogs.
They are A++.
(lively music)