The Office has become one of the most successful television comedies of all time, being streamed online again and again by both old and new fans. It's so popular, it even inspired several cast members to create podcasts based on the series. Brian Baumgartner started a podcast on the history of the series and Angela Kinsey and Jenna Fischer created Office Ladies, a rewatch podcast.
Each of the cast members has nothing but great things to say about working on the series, as it was a great environment to work in and the series also launched a lot of their careers. Krasinski has said that if it wasn't for The Office, his wife, Emily Blunt, wouldn't have known who he was and he never would have been able to marry her. The series was pretty life-changing for a lot of the cast members. Let's take a look and see what some of them have said about the show.
8 Mindy Kaling Said Characters On The Office Would Get Canceled In Today's World
While making an appearance on Good Morning America, Kaling said that The Office "is so inappropriate now." She added that she's still in touch with some of the writers and that "the writers who I'm still in touch with now, we always talk about how so much of that show we probably couldn't make now. Tastes have changed, and honestly what offends people has changed so much now. I think that actually is one of the reasons the show is popular, because people feel like there's something kind of fearless about it or taboo that it talks about on the show." She also mentioned that she believes most of the characters on The Office would be canceled by now.
7 Steve Carell Playing Santa Made John Krasinski Crack Up
In an interview with Wired, John Krasinski said that "the hardest I've ever laughed in my life is the Christmas episode where Steve pretends to be Santa and asks Brian Baumgartner, who played Kevin, to sit on his lap. As soon as Steve said, 'What would you like little boy?' he lost all the air in his body when Brian sat on him. I've never laughed harder in my life."
6 Brian Baumgartner Believes Dwight Schrute Is One Of The Greatest TV Characters Of All Time
In an interview with Podcrushed, Brian Baumgartner said that he believes Dwight Schrute is one of the greatest television characters of all time. "He is a Trans Am driving beet farmer who likes anime and is a volunteer Sheriff's Deputy who likes hard, heavy metal rock music, but is kind of a nerd."
5 BJ Novak Says The Jokes On The Office Feel Accidental
In an interview with WBUR, Novak explained why he believes The Office has been so successful after its initial run. "These days you can't be caught going for a joke," he said. "The only comedy that gets a good review doesn't make you laugh out loud. It only gets praise for how serious it is. Every Emmy-nominated show doesn't actually make you laugh because it's very uncool to try to make people laugh now. It feels like the jokes are accidental."
4 Oscar's Favorite The Office Episode Is Gay Witch Hunt
According to an interview with FandomWire, Oscar Nunez's favorite episode of The Office is Gay Witch Hunt, when his character comes out as gay and gets kissed on the lips by the one and only Michael Scott, played by Steve Carell. It's his favorite episode, because it opened up doors for him in the entertainment world. "I was thinking, 'I can't believe he did it.' And then I was thinking right after that, 'Of course he did it,'" when talking about the scene where Carell kissed him.
3 It Was Difficult For Jenna To Express Anger On The Office
During an episode of the Office Ladies podcast, Jenna Fischer expressed that filming the episode "The Lover," was hard for her, as her character, Pam, had to get angry at Michael for dating her mother. "This was very difficult for me," she said. "As an actor, this episode, I really, really struggled. I never felt her as a confrontational person. Pam gets mad, but she's a like, silent sufferer."
2 Angela Kinsey Recalls The Christmas Party Episode Saved The Show From Being Canceled
While speaking with Yahoo! Entertainment, Angela Kinsey stated that after the "Christmas Party" episode aired in season two, "we were the number one streaming show on iTunes and all of a sudden we were like, 'Hold up. We found our audience.'" That episode received ten million viewers in the ratings, and before it aired, the show had been struggling to find viewership.
1 Steve Carell Believes Office Superfans Know The Show Better Than Him
In an Instagram Live chat with Rainn Wilson, Carell said that "I don't know if you feel the same thing, but the people who watch the show definitely know the show better than we do." He added that the cast would watch episodes together when they originally aired, and that was the only time he would ever really watch the show. "When people reference lines and bits... some of them don't really ring a bell at all," he said.
