Interviews · 15 March 2026
Peter White Why he hates Steve Carell
Peter White interviewed by Kevin Durham, 15 March 2026. 1m 05s on tape.
experience, what what would you do? Would you do anything differently? Would — of things are pretty cool, but I I think my personal idea, what I would love Yeah. is if you could make the zombies look like people you hate. Yeah.
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0:01 experience, what what would you do? Would you do anything differently? Would — of things are pretty cool, but I I think my personal idea, what I would love Yeah. is if you could make the zombies look like people you hate. Yeah.
0:12 Like like sending a list of celebrities. So, these are the people I want to shoot in the face. Okay. — Especially if you're doing like the paintball thing or something. Like to be able to find someone that you really hate You want to shoot in the face? Who do you hate? Who who do you want to shoot in the face?
0:22 Steve Carell is my number one. He is number Steve Carell is lovely. What are you talking about? — Yeah, BUT IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH STEVE CARELL. It's really just a personal thing. And at this very
0:30 young French girl and we after a show and we just got hammered drunk and uh it was going all really great and we go back to the hotel. And so before we really got to the point she was like she stopped me she's like, "Listen, I have to tell you something. I'm sorry I didn't tell you earlier. Uh I have herpes." She's like, "I have an outbreak right And I was like, "God damn it." So, instead of having sex, we watched Steve Carell's Evan Almighty [laughter] in the hotel.
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0:56 Carell's fault. It's not his fault, no, but it cost me $15 to watch the movie. And I didn't get to have sex. And so now whenever I see his face, that's what it reminds me of.