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John Krasinski

Profession : Actor

Birth : October 20, 1979

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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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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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. I'm like, 'Oh, my God, you should read To Kill a Mockingbird.'

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

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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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'The Office' is not one of those things you move away from. I don't want it to go away.

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No matter what a guy says, if he shows up at all the places you're at, he's hooked.

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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.

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The real drawback when you write with a partner is that where you want it to go and where they want it to go is similar, but not exactly lined up, and that's where it's going to lead you into trouble.

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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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I think that whether you're married or not, in any relationship, there's always the terror that you're going to screw something up.

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I've made a lot of mistakes in my life. And I'm really sensitive, so I take even small mistakes as huge ones.

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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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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.

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I was born in Newton, MA. Graduated from Brown University in 2001 with honors in English as a playwright. I attended the National Theater Institute at the Eugene O'Neill Center in Waterford, CT just after Brown. I moved to NYC in 2002 and was a professional... waiter, for 3 years.

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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.

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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.

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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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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.

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