Steve Carell On 'The Office': 'Screw That Show!' (VIDEO)

So, one last Michael Scott move for Steve Carell.

The good news is, unlike his former character, at least Carell knew what he was doing.

Appearing last night on "The Late Show with David Letterman," Carell talked sweetly about his friends on "The Office," the star-making show that he left this spring after his seventh season as the clueless boss at Dunder Mifflin.

Remarking that he thought the addition of James Spader to the cast was "a great move," Carell spoke about missing his friends on the show... and then suddenly turned, thanks to a little prodding from Letterman.

"Yeah! You know what? Now that you say that, screw that show!" he angrily deadpanned. "What did that show ever do for me? I have a movie coming out, what could possibly go wrong?!"

It's a good thing he was joking; Jenna Fischer told NY Mag's Vulture last night that she had quite the difficult experience saying goodbye in their final scene together, where her Pam drops him off at the airport.

"That was really emotional. They said, 'You know what, Jenna? Just say whatever you would want to say to Steve. Just say good-bye and we'll tape it and when you're finished, just give each other a hug and go your separate ways,'" she revealed. "And it was actually a challenge because every time I got down there I would start to cry right away, and I had to try to hold that in a little bit. We did so many takes of that good-bye and I cried every single time. I even got choked up just telling the story right now."

Still, Carell has confidence that the show will continue to be good -- even if he's glad he left.

"I have no regrets in terms of moving on," Carell told USA Today. "I left at the right time for me. But the show will continue and will be great."

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Comments

[Warren Mart]

12:04 AM on 07/22/2011

Hilarious show, great guy

[walkingwolf]

04:37 PM on 07/21/2011

WAHT? He's not allowed to say what he thinks...??oh ya I forgot this is Amerika

[mbobmcc]

05:58 PM on 07/21/2011

He was JOKING!!!!!!!

[Fletch55]

03:59 PM on 07/21/2011

He should have stayed show was great but if Spader is a permanant replacement Im done as his character sucked and he is completely wrong fit for that show.

[skdoc1]

03:06 PM on 07/21/2011

Steve Carrell is a genuine, supremely talented actor. So is James Spader. I wish both of them nothing but success in all their endeavors. I have been a fan of both iterations of The Office, British and American and find them both drily funny and exceedingly clever. Again all success in the future!

[Dylan Jewel]

01:36 PM on 07/21/2011

Pam doesn't drop him off at the airport. It was his last day and she didn't know it, and she was gone when he was saying goodbye to everyone, so when she finds out that he is going to the airport she rushes there to say bye.

[OhManOhMan]

11:38 AM on 07/21/2011

Carrell outta shut his mouth. That tv episode got him famous.

[Outside The Box]

11:49 AM on 07/21/2011

Really? Did you even bother to read the article? Spoiler alert...it was a joke.

[mbobmcc]

06:00 PM on 07/21/2011

What don't you uderstand??.....He was JOKING!!!

[Dusty Farmer]

08:55 AM on 07/21/2011

I would like to request that more attention to detail be paid in the articles I read on here. It might have helped had the reporter actually watched the show in which Michael leaves. Pam does not drop him off. She does not know he is leaving that day and only just makes it in time to say good bye.

[BeerLover]

01:08 AM on 07/21/2011

He didn't leave the show; he was fired. He just clarified that on Jon Stewart. It'll never be the same without him.

[mimimus]

04:34 PM on 07/21/2011

Ah, do you know what a "joke" is?

[mojones235]

12:03 AM on 07/21/2011

I never watch that dry humor ,show.

[Conk]

09:58 AM on 07/21/2011

...or study grammar.

[sheikwil4]

02:43 PM on 07/21/2011

I'm with you, the show just wasn't funny at all to me. Carrell is overrated in my book.

[Ryan Schmidt]

11:24 PM on 07/20/2011

I like Carell as a person, not a big fan of him on the show.. The Office is bigger than him and hopefully they are able to continue to have success w/out Carell.. I'm looking forward to The Office without him..

[jnik]

11:18 PM on 07/20/2011

That's what I say! That's why I never watched it!

[RJB Boston]

11:17 PM on 07/20/2011

i like steve. the office was great. hope he mixes it up a bit in the movies and doesnt turn in to a caricature of himself

[Aitch5]

11:12 PM on 07/20/2011

Charming, funny and cute.

[LivelyLexie]

10:48 PM on 07/20/2011

He seems like a really nice guy. The Office certainly won't be the same without his Michael Scott.

[anytimecowboy]

09:46 PM on 07/20/2011

The headline was perfect. That is what he said. I knew before reading the article that it was said as some kind of joke. That is why I read the article. I watched the video, it was funny in that Steve Carrell kind of way. I agree though that sometimes HuffPo created interesting headlines sometimes, but this was not one.

[LindaLuAllen]

01:47 AM on 07/21/2011

ITA...anyone who knows anything about Carrell had to chuckle at the headline.