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" 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. "
John Krasinski
Lucky
People
Me
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" I planned on being an English teacher, but I don't know where that went. "
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" There are always roles that seem enticing that you can't do because of scheduling. "
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" I don't think I'll ever be comfortable being considered a sex symbol, especially after you work with someone like George Clooney. "
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" I'm a huge classics fan. I love Ernest Hemingway and J. D. Salinger. I'm that guy who rereads a book before I read newer stuff, which is probably not all that progressive, and it's not really going to make me a better reader. "
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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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" I had done one failed pilot. I remember, when it failed, I was like, 'Oh my God, how does someone survive this? That's it - that's the end of my career; it's over.' "
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" If there was ever someone to look up to, it's Tom Hanks. "
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" I want to start a Dunkin' Donuts in Los Angeles. I already have the perfect location picked out. It would be the old Tower Records buildings on Sunset. "
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" Probably the biggest challenge for me as a director was to not show how scared I was. I was surrounded by some of the most talented people in the industry, and I had to pretend I knew what I was doing. "
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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. "
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" Directing was a great experience, but it's terrifying to have the responsibility of carving up the other actors' performances. "
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" Luckily, I have two of the coolest parents around. They're so open about having any and all experiences, so they never hindered us in any way by categorizing or judging anything. "
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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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" It's definitely particular to each situation, but whether it is a long history or someone that you're intimidated by or someone that you didn't think you ever had a shot at, at the end of the day, I think we're all living through high school, every day. "
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" I've always loved those movies where somebody really wants something, and then the thing they want is right in front of them. "
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" 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. "
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" My favorite water cooler topic is fantasy football. I used to make fun of friends for doing it and now I'm obsessed. "
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" I'm really not feeling one way or the other with comedy or drama, I'm just sort of doing projects that I've been finding really fun to be a part of. "
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" The way the British 'Office' got away with being so dark was that it only had 13 episodes. There are realistic elements that people obviously enjoy, but they don't necessarily want to relive the trials and tribulations of their average work day. "
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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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" I've fallen in love with shows like 'Homeland' and 'The Wire.' And I think 'The Office' is in a category like that. "
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" There's a large oak tree in the Newton Centre park playground that is legendary because only a few humans have hit it with a baseball from home plate, and B.J. Novak is among them. And I was there that day. "
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" I got fired from being a lunch-shift bartender because I had a reading of a play. "
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" 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. "
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" A good part's a good part. You can play serious and funny moments with a well-written role. "
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" Always trying new things is always more fun, and it can be scary, but it's always more fun in the end. "
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" 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. "
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" When people ask if I'm going to be sad that 'The Office' is over, they don't even understand the depth of that question for me. It's an era of my life. No one would have known my name if it wasn't for the show. "
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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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