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"Steve Carell has said that he agreed to cameo in The Office&amp;#039;s series finale in order to &amp;quot;honor&amp;quot; the show. The actor reprised his much-loved role as Michael Scott in a few scenes for The Office&amp;#039;s last episode, despite denying that he would return to the role in the weeks before the episode aired.   In an interview with Reuters, Carell explained that he returned to The Office to pay tribute to his former co-stars. &amp;quot;I feel like I really said goodbye to it the first time [in 2011],&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;When I came back, it was primarily to honor the show and out of respect for all of my friends and the people who created it.&amp;quot; The actor went on to say: &amp;quot;I just wanted it to be a simple tip of the hat to the show and not to take away from the goodbye and the farewell that all of those people were having, because I felt like I already had mine and I didn&amp;#039;t want to step on their moments.&amp;quot; Carell previously joked about lying to the press about his Office cameo, commenting: &amp;quot;I lied for months to the press, to almost everyone, really. &amp;quot;And I felt terribly for the cast and for [executive producer] Greg Daniels, because they all lied, too.&amp;quot; The Office aired on NBC from 2005 to 2013. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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