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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.

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John Krasinski
Age: 45
Born: 1979
Born: October 20
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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.
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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.
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The funniest comedians are in touch with their emotional level.
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I've always loved those movies where somebody thinks they want something, and then they realize that the thing they really want is right in front of them.
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People have a sense of humor, even if it's not a good one, and everybody has stakes.
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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.
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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.
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Guys have a level of insecurity and vulnerability that's exponentially bigger than you think. With the primal urge to be alpha comes extreme heartbreak. The harder we fight, the harder we fall.
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The first acting thing I ever did was my senior year I decided not to play a sport in the Spring and, in that Spring B.J. Novak who went to school with me, asked if I'd be in this show that was a parody of all the teachers in the school, 'sure!' That was the first acting thing I did.
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Being [in] a show that you get to say good-bye instead of being asked to leave is a real honor.
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My favorite scene on the show [The Office] is on the booze cruise when I finally get to talk to her and tell her, and I react exactly how I would react by saying nothing.
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You can't do anything to be funny. That's cringeworthy. If your humor comes out of a place of love every time, you don't make the joke bigger than you. The funniest comedians are in touch with their emotional level.
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Keeping it real is the key and I don't know how they've done that week after week. I think the key is that everybody can sort of empathize with [The Office].
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That was okay [ working with George Clooney]. One of these days I'll work with a good director.
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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.
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I think we owe absolutely everything to the fans.
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We have the best writers in the business [on The Office].
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One of the best lessons I've ever gotten in my life is to anticipate nothing because it's always worse in your head than it really is.
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I don't want my kids to ever think that I am choosing my job over them.
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Being funny is one of my greatest strengths. I can make girls smile when they're down, and when they're having a good time, I can carry on the joke.
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