Steve Carell rettete The Office, indem er dafür sorgte, dass Michael Scott nicht nur „ein Arschloch“ war: „Die ganze Show drehte sich um“

> Feig continued, “He’s got a humanity about him and everybody figured out, ‘No, he’s not an asshole. He’s a misguided idiot who is an asshole because he’s trying to be funny.’ Right. So you go like, ‘Okay, he means well.'”

> So for the record, Michael Scott, kind of an asshole but with redeemable qualities. David Brent, however, total asshole, no redeemable qualities. And that’s comedy, depending on whether you’re American or British.