Steve and the sequels:

He has two sequels; Anchorman 1 and 2, along with Bruce and Evan Almighty!

As you can see both show how much he had grown in his career!

If we take Bruce almighty first; it was his first movie ever to have a nice part in his opinion although he did Melinda and Melinda before! , he even didn’t believe himself because he thought  that director would cut his part, and to his full surprise he was in it! 
And to our surprise he overshadowed Jim Carry himself, the only one who can do so!!

Evan Almighty was a different direction, and I think people didn’t expect that, they thought he would be given divine powers like Bruce and fail, instead he was given a mission to build an Ark. With him growing in months what should have been in years!
 So people didn’t expect that, I think it was an intended philosophical movie that ended with a bang, the flood is not a flood just a broken dam, the point of having the ark what just to show obedience! 
Because those who were on it didn’t die at all.
 Its end ruined it, just for the sake to be PG 13. It could have had a deeper end than that!
Bruce was a different story it started with comedy and farce and ended with a strong philosophical ending,unexpectedly! humans have their limitations and to grow they have to accept them and bypass them at the same time!!!

His role in the first was just 2 scenes, while the other was the whole movie, and all this in just 3 years, see how fast he grew!!! Much like Noah in the movie!!

As for Anchorman, no one and I insist no one could have been Brick Tumbland except Steve Carell!!

When you see the audition tape you will know that he is the perfect Brick and he never changed a thing!!!

His quotes from the movie are the landmark of the movie, printed on Tshirts and best quoted on social media (I love lamb) (I don’t know what are we yelling about) (I ate a red scented candle), and it is nice to know that he improvised some of those golden quotes!!
Although Brick was supposed to have no lines, his lines and his face are the ones you end up remembering in this movie, not to shadow the Big Ron Burgundy or anything but yeah!!

In Anchorman 2 the brick resurrection is one of the most unique scenes in comedic cinema! He is doing the eulogy of himself like a live ghost who doesn’t understand why is everybody staring at him, sadly morning himself!!! And the love story that ensues after with Kristin Wiig character is just beyond!! (do you want to see the face I do when I get photo’d?)

Also the time slot and the role of Brick extended in the sequel, even his name was taged just second to Will Farrel which shows how much he had grown in the movie world!!