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Daily Inspiration Quote by Drew Carey

"That's the great thing about having your friends around you. I've known these guys forever. I really enjoy their company just as people. You couldn't ask for a better work environment"

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It reads like a throwaway bit of wholesome gratitude, but Drew Carey is quietly selling a worldview: work doesn’t have to be a grind if you can turn it into a roomful of people you actually like. Coming from a career built on the artificial intimacy of TV - sitcom sets, improv stages, game-show banter - the line doubles as both confession and brand management. Carey’s public persona has always been “regular guy who lucked into the spotlight,” and this quote reinforces that by rooting success in something stubbornly unglamorous: friendship.

The phrase “these guys” is doing strategic work. It signals loyalty and familiarity without getting precious. “I’ve known these guys forever” isn’t about chronology; it’s about trust in an industry where relationships are often transactional and crews rotate. By stressing “just as people,” he nudges against the entertainment machine’s tendency to reduce colleagues to utility: writers as joke dispensers, co-stars as chemistry, producers as notes. He’s saying the human part matters, and that’s a subtle flex.

“You couldn’t ask for a better work environment” lands as a soft rebuttal to the myth that great comedy requires misery. Carey frames comfort not as creative compromise but as creative fuel. The subtext is pragmatic: longevity comes from building an ecosystem you want to show up to, day after day, long after the applause fades. In a culture obsessed with hustle and “dream jobs,” he’s pitching something rarer: sustainable happiness on the clock.

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APA Style (7th ed.)
Carey, Drew. (2026, January 17). That's the great thing about having your friends around you. I've known these guys forever. I really enjoy their company just as people. You couldn't ask for a better work environment. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/thats-the-great-thing-about-having-your-friends-49086/

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Carey, Drew. "That's the great thing about having your friends around you. I've known these guys forever. I really enjoy their company just as people. You couldn't ask for a better work environment." FixQuotes. January 17, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/thats-the-great-thing-about-having-your-friends-49086/.

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"That's the great thing about having your friends around you. I've known these guys forever. I really enjoy their company just as people. You couldn't ask for a better work environment." FixQuotes, 17 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/thats-the-great-thing-about-having-your-friends-49086/. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.

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Drew Carey (born May 23, 1961) is a Actor from USA.

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