A Minute With: Steve Carell on being a ‘Despicable’ dad

LOS ANGELES, July 5:  Steve Carell has inhabited many different roles, from a 40-year-old virgin, a bumbling office manager and a Vegas magician, but it is an evil villain in animated film “Despicable Me 2” where he finds a close connection as a real life dad. Carell, 50, who appears again as Gru in “Despicable Me 2,” and as a dysfunctional dad in independent comedy “The Way, Way Back,” both out in theaters this week, is also exploring new challenges in his career with the hopes of more dramatic roles. (agencies)