John Krasinski Quotes

I've always loved those movies where somebody really wants something, and then the thing they want is right in front of them.

John Krasinski

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• If you put up a blog, people can cut out the middle man and get material to you. Which is really helpful because a lot of time there's really cool stuff out there that we just don't see. Because, y'know, the agent is acting in our best interest, but it does sometimes prevent some of the good stuff from getting through.

  

  Zach Galligan
  • People
  • Up
  • Time

• I want to be judged on my own merits.

  

  Park Geun-hye
  • Want
  • Own
  • My Own

• Cursive writing does not mean what I think it does.

  

  Nancy Cartwright
  • Writing
  • Think
  • Mean

• I've played in Boston and New York, and it doesn't matter if you're sick, aching - once you step on that field, you're a completely different animal.

  

  Vernon Wells
  • Different
  • Animal
  • Sick

• Over the years, with all the experience, I've become more mature about the subjects I pick. I have a better understanding of what works at the box office. Once the story is finalised, I surrender to the director and follow him. After that, my performances speak for themselves.

  

  Mahesh Babu
  • Experience
  • Understanding
  • Better

• We have heard time and time again in the course of our work how talking can help heal the hidden challenges we can't deal with alone.

  

  Kate Middleton
  • Time
  • Work
  • Help

• I never intended for the Monster Ball to be a religious experience, it just became one.

  

  Lady Gaga
  • Experience
  • Religious
  • Never

• I bungee-jump, skydive, surf and snowboard.

  

  Orlando Bloom
  • Jump
  • Surf

• I grew up in a joint family of 60 people with one kitchen. So I am a firm believer in the family concept.

  

  Uday Kotak
  • Family
  • Kitchen
  • Concept

• If I could marry my motorcycle, I'd roll her right up to the altar.

  

  Flip Wilson
  • Right
  • Marry
  • Motorcycle

• Happy the man when he has not the defects of his qualities.

  

  Isaac D'Israeli
  • Happy
  • Man
  • Qualities

• Government should stand aside and let the business community prosper instead of imposing new regulations that will only stifle growth and limit access to capital.

  

  Sam Graves
  • Business
  • Community
  • Growth

• I don't care if I get $50 million to do a film.

  

  Abel Ferrara
  • Film
  • Care
  • Million

• 'Mojave' is a very wild, throwback film with these two dudes going after each other.

  

  Oscar Isaac
  • Film
  • WIld
  • Throwback

• I always loved the bad girls in the movies. I loved Bette Davis; I loved Katherine Hepburn. I loved Ava Gardner.

  

  Imelda May
  • Bad
  • Movies
  • Loved

• The fear tactic is a tactic that's used by people who want to maintain control, and it's very effective.

  

  Hamza Yusuf
  • People
  • Fear
  • Control

• And it wasn't until '84 when I was first asked to come to Sweden and do an album and concert tour.

  

  Wanda Jackson
  • First
  • Tour
  • Concert

• I had an acting teacher tell me once that if you're playing a car salesman, you don't want to be an OK car salesman, you want to play the best car salesman.

  

  Aaron Tveit
  • Best
  • Car
  • Teacher

• My first week at Stanford, I bought a computer, and it was the first computer I ever owned. I had to be taught how to turn it on and even how to use a mouse, even though, for a lot of people, a mouse is very intuitive.

  

  Marissa Mayer
  • People

• These Are the music of meet resignation; these The responsive, still sustaining pomps for you To magnify, if in that drifting waste You are to be accompanied by more Than mute bare splendors of the sun and moon.

  

  Wallace Stevens
  • Music
  • Sun
  • Moon

• Having a child makes you strong and gives you chutzpah. It relaxed my attitude to the job; my center of focus shifted, which I think is very helpful, because even if you're not a very indulgent actor you spend a lot of time thinking about yourself. I don't think that is particularly healthy.

  

  Imelda Staunton
  • Time
  • Thinking
  • Job

• We create success or failure on the course primarily by our thoughts.

  

  Gary Player
  • Success
  • Failure
  • Thoughts

• I've always loved those movies where somebody really wants something, and then the thing they want is right in front of them.

  

  John Krasinski