Did Steve Carell give you any advice about moving from the small to the big screen?
Wilson: Steve’s not an advice guy. He’s a sweetheart and just a really kind, good person. I don’t think he’d ever presume to give anyone advice. You could be an actor starting out and asking him if he had any, and he’d be like: ‘Oh gosh, do you have any advice for me?’ He’s not really an advice giver. But it’s been wonderful watching his whole development as a comedy star because when we did the first season of The Office I don’t think even Anchorman had come out. The 40 Year Old Virgin came out after that, so it all kind of happened for him. MMM: Are you hoping it’ll happen for you as well? Wilson: I don’t know about that… there’ve been plenty of TV stars that have tried to have film careers. For some it works, and for some it doesn’t. It’s a tricky one because you have a very limited amount of time to try and do a movie and there’s very limited kinds of movies that studios will green-light for you in that time period. It’s a tricky business. I mean look at the cast of Friends. They h
