John Krasinski Quotes

My favorite water cooler topic is fantasy football. I used to make fun of friends for doing it and now I'm obsessed.

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.

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.

It's not about celebrity or not. It's all about, do you have that 'girl in a cardigan' in you. You gotta have that.

Trophies and medals have never meant much to me. I've had amazing experiences, which let you feel like you've accomplished something.

I certainly went into losing my virginity terrified. Going on stage, I could only have imagined the worst possible outcomes. And then it went fine.

I've never been compared to Bugs Bunny and that's amazing, thank you.

Each cast member brings their own vibe and antics to the set. You're constantly surrounded by fun loving people who can make you laugh in their own way

When everything gets turned upside down, it only leads to better quality stuff.

I'm a sucker where I love shifting tides.

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.

We actually try our best to be non-biased, but for me, that was the best movie ["Sicario"], filmmaking-wise and storytelling-wise, and connected to me the most. I thought it was great.

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.

I fell in love with the book [ Brief Interviews with Hideous Men] and always wanted to do something with and fought to get the rights, which was pretty fun and an incredible experience in itself.

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.

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

The only reason why I acted in school was because of the community, like I was in the chorus of every play, I was never really the lead.

I love this script [The Hollars] because I'm lucky enough to come from a really tightknit family.

That was okay [ working with George Clooney]. One of these days I'll work with a good director.

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].

A lot of times in movies, you see the "small town" people, being bowled over by this creative entity or this corporate ideal, and it's not true, at all.

The first time I ever cried in a movie was in Dead Poet's Society.

I think one of the coolest things for my daughters is that they'll get to see their mom being a working mom. It's one of the things I'll be most proud of.

Now all of us in our thirties are the first generation that get to say, "I don't know how I feel about that system, I don't know if I want kids, I don't know if I want to get married."

I related so much to the responsibility of being a parent, the responsibility of "did you screw your kid up," the responsibility of letting your own parents down.

All the cliches are true about parenting. All I've ever wanted to do is be a father, but there's this existential mirror that's held up when you have a kid.

I'm a sap, I'll cry at anything. But I don't cry when I feel manipulated, or when there's a music cue telling me to.

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.

Richard Jenkins read the script [The Hollars] and really liked it, but he said, 'If you can get Margo Martindale, I'll do it. Otherwise, good luck.

Ninety percent of your job is done if you find the right cast.

I'm happy to announce to the world that I'm a crier. It doesn't take a lot for me to cry at stuff.

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

We have the best writers in the business [on The Office].

After three takes, [George Clooney] is like, 'We got it,' and I'm still thinking, 'I'm just getting used to this. I shouldn't have done it in a Russian accent.' No, he's great. He's a good guy.

The funniest comedians are in touch with their emotional level.

There's not swelling music and emotional scenes in life, and there's not long pauses when you tell a joke for everybody to laugh. That's not how it goes. Life just sort of happens to you.

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.

Let's be honest, there are a lot of family movies; I like some of them, I don't like other ones.

[George Clooney] knows exactly what he wants and so he knows that you've done a good job before you do.

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.

To be that big of a star and that grounded and that classy, I'm mean [ George Clooney] was a true mentor for me and, as a director, he's incredible.

You can make jokes but [ George Clooney] is everything that anyone's ever said about him.

I think we owe absolutely everything to the fans.

Truly, when I say the show has given me everything, it's given me everything.

I didn't go to the special screening on a spaceship where everybody goes to have their special screenings...Everybody knows that's what happens in Hollywood.

I usually save these answers [on the institution of marriage] for my Barbara Walters Special, but she didn't call so I've never been engaged, despite popular belief.

I'm sure there's pieces of me in all the characters I play.

I've always loved where my dad came from and the ideals that instilled in me.

Family comes first for me in every single way.

When you have two people that good in a movie, I think it adds a class and a feeling of importance for other actors that they want to be involved.