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I related so much to the responsibility of being a parent, the responsibility of did you screw your kid up, the responsibility of letting your own parents down.

John Krasinski

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John Krasinski
Age: 45
Born: 1979
Born: October 20
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Newton
Massachusetts
John Burke Krasinski
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