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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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" 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. "

" A good part's a good part. You can play serious and funny moments with a well-written role. "

" To me, it seems like both 'Brief Interviews' and 'The Office' deal with characters that see themselves differently than the world sees them. "

" I'm not trying to be the triple threat guy. I'm still working on this one threat; acting. "

" I had never taken acting at Brown to be the beginnings of a career. I always did it just for fun. "

" When I got to college, as I was walking across campus one day, I ripped off a little flyer for this sketch-comedy group. It ended up being one of the greatest things I've ever done. "

" The things we always disengage with are one-sided stories or one-sided characters. They're very boring. When you feel like you're being hit over the head, you disengage. "

" 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. "

" It's funny: I've always had the analogy of a snow globe, that Hollywood is a snow globe. No, it's true. If you shake it up, you can look at it and really enjoy it. But don't ever go in. Don't ever buy into it and be like, 'I deserve all of this!' because it can go away at any time, so just have a lot of fun. "

" 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. "

" If there was ever someone to look up to, it's Tom Hanks. "

" Hearing anyone think that I'm any form of sexy or handsome is incredibly flattering. "

" I definitely had fun being a waiter. I can't say for sure that I was a good waiter. I think that I made people have a good time. "

" By being a waiter 100 percent, I think I was a lot like any other actor in New York. I had credits because I'd work lunches during the week, and then on a Wednesday would go be lucky enough to be in a movie like 'Kinsey.' "

" Always trying new things is always more fun, and it can be scary, but it's always more fun in the end. "

" For me, there are worse things than being pigeonholed as the nice guy. "

" My parents and my brothers and their wives are incredible and formed me as a person long before I got to Hollywood. "

" I'm that sort of weird guy who will watch a movie almost every day if I can. "

" All relationships are a learning experience, even ones you continue to be in. If you don't see them as that, then that's a problem. "

" People aren't throwing themselves at me, but I also don't go out very much. Like, when I do go out, it's for breakfast, so it's a little hard to throw yourself at me during breakfast. "

" I think one of the coolest things about the job is the level of trust we have for each other. The actors fully trust that the writers will write amazing episodes, and the writers trust that the actors will follow their instincts with the characters. "

" I think we all have a responsibility to tell good stories. "

" If you did go to high school and then college, there's definitely a solidarity with someone that is from your hometown and knows your mom and all that stuff. "

" There are always roles that seem enticing that you can't do because of scheduling. "

" I don't go out - ever. I'm lucky enough to have awesome friends, and we always end up at someone's house. We're big house-party guys. "

" It looks like I've been smart about it, but truly, I've been incredibly lucky to have the right people notice me and want to work with me. "

" I know I'll never be put in the position of making the adulterous mistake, but there are mistakes along the way that are as complicated, that get blown out of proportion because you're not willing to admit that you've made them. "

" I learned that the best way to work is to allow the scene to live on its own before making major adjustments, whether in rehearsal or on film. "

" I planned on being an English teacher, but I don't know where that went. "