Q&A; with Steve Carell

Daily Show correspondent Steve Carell plays a weatherman in Anchorman, out July 9.

This is your third role as a TV newsman. Why are you better at faking journalism than I am?

I have no idea. I have absolutely no experience. I'm not particularly quick-witted or smart. So I guess I was perfectly suited. This is for the cover of TIME, right?

How was working with Woody Allen on his next film, Melinda and Melinda?

Strange. [Allen] would be giving notes during a scene, and I would have no idea what he was saying because I was just staring...

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