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" Bizarrely, on movie sets, they don't really dig it when you look in the camera, which is a bizarre fact. "
John Krasinski
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You
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" This is the time for me to step out and show that I don't just want to play the nice guy roles, and I think I'll find out what my limits are. "
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" My name was originally John Collins, but I just didn't think it had the flair I needed. I found out the poet laureate of Poland was named Krasinski and so it seemed like a shoe-in for show business. "
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" I was a waiter before 'The Office,' so to me, this was a winning lottery ticket. Everything about my life has changed. "
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" I was one of those kids who had never seen an indie film before I got to college. If it wasn't a big, huge tentpole movie, or if it wasn't on the radio, I hadn't experienced it. "
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" I've always loved where my dad came from and the ideals that he instilled in me. "
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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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" You can never perfect a relationship, and you can never perfect yourself to be in a relationship. You're always going to be changing, and you hope it's for the better. "
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" Growing up, I remember the 'Cheers' finale and 'M*A*S*H' and all these amazing finales, and I remember them being very, very important. "
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" I taught English in Costa Rica before I went to college. I'm not an especially outdoorsy guy, but sometimes I would spot wildlife while whitewater rafting or walking in the rainforest at 5 A.M. "
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" Most of the people I know who work out seriously do so because they have such an amazing outlook on life. To be who I want to be, I'm going to work out to be more positive, more active. It's proactive. "
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" I always stay with my parents. When you come home, you gotta do that. It's weird to be like, 'Hey, I'm at a hotel. Drive 20 minutes to see me, and we'll have dinner.' "
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" Trophies and medals have never meant much to me. I've had amazing experiences, which let you feel like you've accomplished something. "
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" Being from Boston, I think we have to get the 'Good Will Hunting' poster tattooed on our backs when we're like 16 or 17; it's just a rite of passage. That movie is so, so, so huge. "
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" For me, 'Arrested Development' is the cornerstone of recent television comedy. It's so incredibly flawless and perfect. "
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" There's the push and pull you put on yourself and the push and pull the world puts on you. Most of the time, the world's going to win out, because it's just logical that you should be more successful and more motivated. You can always be more. "
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