John Krasinski Was Ready To Quit Acting Before 'The Office'

'Jack Ryan' star John Krasinski was ready to give up on his dream of acting. His mom wouldn't pick him up. Then, three weeks later...

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[loatman]

A Quiet Place was the alternate universe where Jim was never able to bought coke for Pam and is forever silenced.

[raquelcrochet_designs]

John Krasinski would be the coolest teacher ever

[leviathan]

Andy's not gonna be happy when he sees Big Tuna cozying up to Broccoli Rob.

[TheJvb]

William M Buttlicker is my favorite actor. His family built this country

[davidjames-cameron]

Why is Jim pretending to be "John Krasinski". IDENTITY THEFT IS NOT A JOKE, JIM!

[camplethargic]

Jim Halpert dressed as Andy Bernard and sitting like Pam Beesly.

[RealAzK]

From waiting tables and no luck to millionaire marrying emily blunt. I'll wait 3 more weeks too.

[PieZRk]

when he said "I give her a lot of love and 10%" idk how the audience didn't bust out laughing.

[晏然]

Dude credits his every success to his families, but his modesty and appreciation for other people is what got him this far.

[karanjetley]

That great 10% joke went unheard. Dammit!

[alexander_al]

Krasinski has incredibly accurate face expressions as an actor, I literally could read on Jim's face all he's got to say, without any words.
Awesome guy.

[MOMusic]

The fact that he credited his successes to the women in his life (mom and wife) makes me love him even more

[Codyraylee]

I can’t imagine the stress of writing, acting and directing your own film. he did a great job

[missbumblebee]

What a beautiful story of how he got into acting. Every child should have parents like he does.

[MrBoondock]

I'm 87
Still waiting it out. I'll get that Star Wars part. Boy I'll tell you. Never give up. Never surrender.

[TheVidSquids]

What a well spoken, handsome and polite man. You can’t not love him!

[gemrpt]

Always Jim Halpert to me and I mean it in the best way possible. No one else could have played Halpert better than he did.

[jimmyvarin]

7:35 John gave us a Jim moment and looked right into the camera absolutely love that

[s_a_f]

Emily Blunt and him seem to have such a healthy relationship and this is very rare I’m happy for them!

[MsMdip]

Thank you John Krasinsky´s mom and wife for giving a nudge at the right time