John Krasinski Quotes - Page 4

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• The only reason why I acted in school was because of the community, like I was in the chorus of every play, I was never really the lead.

  John Krasinski

  School, Play, Community

  "John Krasinski Talks 'Promised Land,' Leaving 'The Office' Behind & Life as an Ivy League Playwright". Interview with Tiffany Rose, screenrant.com. January 6, 2013.

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• Richard Jenkins read the script [The Hollars] and really liked it, but he said, 'If you can get Margo Martindale, I'll do it. Otherwise, good luck.

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  Good Luck, Scripts, Said

  "John Krasinski Is Looking To Push The Limits In Hollywood". Interview with Leigh Blickley, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 29, 2016.

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• All the cliches are true about parenting. All I've ever wanted to do is be a father, but there's this existential mirror that's held up when you have a kid.

  John Krasinski

  Father, Kids, Mirrors

  "John Krasinski Will Take a Photo with You, but Here's Where He Draws the Line". Interview with Mehera Bonner, www.marieclaire.com. August 24, 2016.

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• I'm a sap, I'll cry at anything. But I don't cry when I feel manipulated, or when there's a music cue telling me to.

  John Krasinski

  Sap, Cry, Feels

  "John Krasinski Will Take a Photo with You, but Here's Where He Draws the Line". Interview with Mehera Bonner, www.marieclaire.com. August 24, 2016.

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• I forget who said it, but someone said, your job as an actor is to communicate the most honest version of this character, and so the parts of you that you can use are obviously the easiest to access, because you live through them every day.

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  Jobs, Character, Use

  "How John Krasinski's Own Family Stories Made His New Film More Personal For Him". Interview with Shannon Vestal Robson, www.popsugar.com. August 28, 2016.

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• A lot of times in movies, you see the "small town" people, being bowled over by this creative entity or this corporate ideal, and it's not true, at all.

  John Krasinski

  People, Creative, Towns

  "John Krasinski Talks PROMISED LAND, Collaborating with Matt Damon, Getting Input from Aaron Sorkin, THE OFFICE, Developing His Own Series, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. January 3, 2013.

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• You can make jokes but [ George Clooney] is everything that anyone's ever said about him.

  John Krasinski

  Said, Jokes

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• There's not swelling music and emotional scenes in life, and there's not long pauses when you tell a joke for everybody to laugh. That's not how it goes. Life just sort of happens to you.

  John Krasinski

  Emotional, Long, Laughing

  "How John Krasinski's Own Family Stories Made His New Film More Personal For Him". Interview with Shannon Vestal Robson, www.popsugar.com. August 28, 2016.

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• To me, television is one of the most exciting things going on right now, as far as content goes. Some of these shows that are on television are better than any of the movies out there.

  John Krasinski

  Television, Exciting, Shows

  "John Krasinski Talks PROMISED LAND, Collaborating with Matt Damon, Getting Input from Aaron Sorkin, THE OFFICE, Developing His Own Series, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. January 3, 2013.

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• It's a great wake-up call for our entire industry: What movies are we making? What storytellers are we allowing to tell the stories? What people are we allowing to be cast in those stories? I think we need newer stories, and more people given the opportunity to do anything they want.

  John Krasinski

  Opportunity, Thinking, People

  "John Krasinski Is Looking To Push The Limits In Hollywood". Interview with Leigh Blickley, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 29, 2016.

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• The one-liner of this movie [ The Hollars], you've probably heard before: 'A guy goes home to his family and finds out about himself.

  John Krasinski

  Home, Guy, One Liner

  "John Krasinski Is Looking To Push The Limits In Hollywood". Interview with Leigh Blickley, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 29, 2016.

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• Let's be honest, there are a lot of family movies; I like some of them, I don't like other ones.

  John Krasinski

  Honest, Being Honest

  "How John Krasinski's Own Family Stories Made His New Film More Personal For Him". Interview with Shannon Vestal Robson, www.popsugar.com. August 28, 2016.

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• I think one of the coolest things for my daughters is that they'll get to see their mom being a working mom. It's one of the things I'll be most proud of.

  John Krasinski

  Mom, Daughter, Thinking

  "John Krasinski Will Take a Photo with You, but Here's Where He Draws the Line". Interview with Mehera Bonner, www.marieclaire.com. August 24, 2016.

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• As far as Ken Kwapis saying all those things, I think he just really wanted me in the movie so he probably told Warner Brothers, 'Don't worry, Jimmy Stewart? Gary Cooper? Who else do you like?' If they'd said they were huge Chris Farley fans, he's like, 'He can do that, too. He's a huge physical comedian.' But no, that's really nice to hear.

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  Brother, Nice, Thinking

  "Mandy Moore and John Krasinski Interview - LICENSE TO WED". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. July 2, 2007.

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• The first time I ever cried in a movie was in Dead Poet's Society.

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  Firsts, Poet, First Time

  "Mandy Moore and John Krasinski Interview - LICENSE TO WED". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. July 2, 2007.

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• James Cagney as a baby is not my ideal thing.

  John Krasinski

  Baby, Ideals

  "Mandy Moore and John Krasinski Interview - LICENSE TO WED". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. July 2, 2007.

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• Working with Robin Williams, what can you say? He's the best of the best. What I really liked watching was, not only is he incredible funny, probably the funniest person on Earth which is a tough award to give out, but to see what it really takes to be a huge star is way beyond a good partner being extremely funny.

  John Krasinski

  Stars, Awards, Giving

  "Mandy Moore and John Krasinski Interview - LICENSE TO WED". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. July 2, 2007.

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• You should know the ins and outs [of the marriage]. So it was nice to see a little bit of background.

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  Nice, Littles, Should

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• I usually save these answers [on the institution of marriage] for my Barbara Walters Special, but she didn't call so I've never been engaged, despite popular belief.

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  Special, Answers, Belief

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• I'm not gonna be one of those actors who's like, "It's such a drag to not see your kids." Of course it is, but that's the compromise that you're making.

  John Krasinski

  Kids, Actors, Compromise

  "John Krasinski Will Take a Photo with You, but Here's Where He Draws the Line". Interview with Mehera Bonner, www.marieclaire.com. August 24, 2016.

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• I am in that everything [ David Foster Wallace] writes is pretty much the best stuff I've read, so that makes me a fan I guess.

  John Krasinski

  Writing, Fans, Stuff

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• Boston is actually the capital of the world. You didn't know that? We breed smart-ass, quippy, funny people. Not that I'm one of them. I just sorta sneaked in under the radar.

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  Smart, Boston, People

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• The perfect gadget would somehow allow me to fly. Isn't that what everybody wants? It would also cook a damn good microwave pizza. So while in flight you had something to eat - an in-flight meal. Where would I go? Well, nowadays, it would probably just take me to work a lot quicker.

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  Perfect, Meals, Gadgets

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• I think we owe absolutely everything to the fans.

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  Thinking, Fans

  "John Krasinki & Greg Daniels talks about the series finale of NBC’s “The Office”". Interview with Adam Lawton, mediamikes.com. May 13, 2013.

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• I know I'm guilty of and I think a lot of people are guilty of sort of getting starry-eyed with love and sort of looking over the bad things and keep going and you don't really prepare for how much work marriage really is.

  John Krasinski

  Thinking, People, Guilty

  "Mandy Moore and John Krasinski Interview - LICENSE TO WED". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. July 2, 2007.

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