--- title: A Quiet Place Reactions: John Krasinski, The Office Tweets description: John Krasinski's new movie "A Quiet Place" had a $50-million opening weekend, but he's still most known as Jim from "The Office" to fans. canonical: https://time.com/5233546/a-quiet-place-reactions-john-krasinski-the-office/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-04-09T20:22:09.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:51:57.882Z og:title: Internet Reactions to 'A Quiet Place' Prove 'The Office' Will Follow John Krasinski Forever og:description: Jim Halpert forever og:url: https://time.com/5233546/a-quiet-place-reactions-john-krasinski-the-office/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdc12d1d334d4a2ef/69892d260a4a221eda9d258c/the-office-pam-jim.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: The Office - Season 9 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Internet Reactions to 'A Quiet Place' Prove 'The Office' Will Follow John Krasinski Forever twitter:description: Jim Halpert forever twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdc12d1d334d4a2ef/69892d260a4a221eda9d258c/the-office-pam-jim.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Internet Reactions to John Krasinski’s _A Quiet Place_ Prove _The Office_ Will Follow Him Forever > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Apr 9, 2018 8:22 PM UTC  Jenna Fischer as Pam Beesly Halpert and John Krasinski as Jim Halpert in 'The Office' Jenna Fischer as Pam Beesly Halpert and John Krasinski as Jim Halpert in 'The Office' Danny Feld/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Apr 9, 2018 8:22 PM UTC [John Krasinski’s](http://time.com/5233205/john-krasinski-a-quiet-place-ryan-reynolds-chris-pratt/) new movie [_A Quiet Place_](http://time.com/5228984/a-quiet-place-one-of-the-most-terrifyingly-effective-horror-movies-in-years/)may have soared to a [$50 million opening](http://time.com/5232466/a-quiet-place-box-office/) at the box office this weekend — the year’s second-best debut behind _Black Panther_ — but he’s clearly still most well-known for his role in _The Office_. The 38-year-old actor originally made a name for himself playing Jim Halpert on the NBC comedy. But while the show finished its nine-season run nearly five years ago, fans have never forgotten their favorite prankster paper salesman. Following [the release of _A Quiet Place_](http://time.com/5230649/jimmy-kimmel-john-krasinski-quiet-place-review/) — which Krasinski directed, co-wrote and stars in alongside his wife, Emily Blunt — Krasinski’s time at Dunder Mifflin began to resurge as a topic of conversation on the internet. Even [Krasinski acknowledged to TIME](http://time.com/5228564/john-krasinski-emily-blunt-a-quiet-place/) the move is kind of unexpected, saying, ““I don’t think anybody sees my name and goes, ‘That guy—I want to see a horror movie from him.'” “Just saw ‘A Quiet Place’ and about 8 minutes before the end of the movie a girl leaned over and asked her friend, ‘Is that the guy from “The Office?”‘” one Twitter user quipped to the amusement of over 38,000 of his fellow tweeters. > [](https://twitter.com/imchriskelly/status/982806305042771970) See some more _Office_\-inspired reactions below. > [](https://twitter.com/tbhOffice/status/983121741181542401) > [](https://twitter.com/Facesovpain/status/983378059423289344) > [](https://twitter.com/MicaleTyler/status/983379247942328320) > [](https://twitter.com/stylestruIy/status/983002262837526528) > [](https://twitter.com/scottIang/status/982356396204347392) > [](https://twitter.com/StEmmasFire/status/983019230458208256) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5233546/a-quiet-place-reactions-john-krasinski-the-office/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5233546/a-quiet-place-reactions-john-krasinski-the-office/"},"headline":"Internet Reactions to John Krasinski’s A Quiet Place Prove The Office Will Follow Him Forever","datePublished":"2018-04-09T20:22:09.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:51:57.882Z","description":"Jim Halpert forever","url":"https://time.com/5233546/a-quiet-place-reactions-john-krasinski-the-office/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","movies","Pop Culture","The Office","TV","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdc12d1d334d4a2ef/69892d260a4a221eda9d258c/the-office-pam-jim.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdc12d1d334d4a2ef/69892d260a4a221eda9d258c/the-office-pam-jim.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The Office - Season 9","caption":"The Office - Season 9 John Krasinski","creditText":"Danny Feld/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5233546/a-quiet-place-reactions-john-krasinski-the-office/","name":"Internet Reactions to John Krasinski’s A Quiet Place Prove The Office Will Follow Him Forever"}}]}] ```