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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: 10 Questions for John Krasinski [Watch (HLS stream): 10 Questions for John Krasinski](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/E7ZhjW3N.m3u8) (5:36)  _Published 2009-06-04. Known as the loveable underachiever Jim Halpert in the NBC television series The Office, John Krasinski will now take your questions._ --- Feb 28, 2024 6:41 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [John Krasinski and Emily Blunt Prank Jimmy Kimmel](/video/hLlgQPiF/) ### John Krasinski and Emily Blunt Prank Jimmy Kimmel [10 Questions for Dr. John](/video/lCt1gGX1/) ### 10 Questions for Dr. John [Outtakes with John Krasinski](/video/O4YDYzKx/) ### Outtakes with John Krasinski --- ## Transcript >> I'm Claire Suddath for TIME. com and I'm here with John Krasinski from NBC's The Office and he has a new film called Away We Go, which comes out June 5th. John, thanks so much for doing this. >> Absolutely. >> You said in other interviews that before acting you wanted to be a history teacher and you're also interested in literature. >> Uh- huh. >> What prompted you to try acting? >> I was insane enough to think that I was gonna play at basketball in college. And when I go to college, I came in a semester late because I was accepted mid- year and went up to the gym, saw that they were both too tall for me and too good for me to play and had a reality check. And literally as I was walking across the campus back to my dorm that day, I ripped off a little flyer that said, audition for the sketch comedy group, and I thought, that would be a good way to spend my time and it ended up being like one of the greatest things I've ever done. >> Do you actually make the trademark expression that Jim gives to the camera in real life or did you make it up for the show? >> And a good question. Do you know what I mean? That's my answer. No, I don't think I looked to a camera in real life. I mean, I'm trying to look back and think that it's at restaurants when someone's like, is everything okay, and I'm like-- It's one of those, I think, that you wish you could do in real life when you're listening to someone talk, not you, that you could just look to a camera and just be like, is this really happening? So, I think that I totally could understand where they were coming from when they told me to do that stuff, but, not, it was all the show. I'm sure you get compared to your TV character all the time, but Carlo Good in Rockland, California, wants to know how are you least like Jim Halpert. >> How am I least like Jim Halpert? That's a pretty good question. Nice. Boy, I hope I'm more ambitious than he is and not content. I think that the thing about the character, Jim, is that he's very rarely willing to take chances like when on the show. He said he wanted to travel to Australia or something like that, but he never does any of those things. And so, I hope that I'm the type of guy who when I have a big idea or big aspiration that I at least try to go do it, at least give it a shot. >> Val Matchus in Schaumburg, Illinois, wants to know what made you agree to do Away We Go. >> What made me agree to do Away We Go? I love that. If there will be anything to agree-- >> What drew you-- What drew you to the project? Everything. It was winning the lottery 10 times over. None of this makes sense to me still, but I got a call one day form Sam Mendes who said, I have just read the script and I'm only thinking of you for the part. And I know everybody reading this or seeing this is like, the dude from The Office got a call from Sam Mendes? I know! It's insane. I still can't believe it either. So, it's one of those things where it was greatest opportunity in this huge opportunity that I was truly given. >> Do you plan on taking more dramatic roles or do you prefer comedy? I would love to do more dramatic roles and not to say that I'm moving away from comedy in any way because I'd love to do both. I mean, a good part is a good part and I think I've learned that from everyone that I have been a fan of from, you know, Janice Stewart to Tom Hanks to, you know, even George Clooney. You can play serious moments and funny moments with just a well- written role and I think that Away We Go is a great example of that. I think that I had so much fun playing all these weird odd moments, but at the same time at the end of the movie I have to be a guy who is really scared to have a baby and I think that the reality of a character is always the fun thing to play whether it's funny or dramatic. So, as long as I'm given more opportunities to play real moments, I guess they can be either comedic or dramatic. >> Molly Kordares in New York City says, I can't stop using that's what she said joke with my friends made famous by The Office. >> Yeah. >> Do you guys have the same problem or is it only hard for me? >> We have the exact same problem. And let me tell you something, Molly, it is way more pathetic that we have that problem than you having that problem. There are moments where are some of the best usage of that's what she said ever that I really think we should start and you could start at Time Magazine a little part of a website that's like the best That's What She Said usages because we love hearing them. It's usually a crafty or something when you're asking about food and your imagination can go wherever you are, but when you're talking about taking things and doing things and some I'm just while getting soups, as that's what she said. Usually soup is spilled. There is tears of laughter. So, yeah, we love, love, love, love using it. >> Where do you see your career going from here? >> Wow. That's such an existential question. I hope that I still get the opportunity to work on some incredible movies and do great roles and work with fun people that I've always wanted people to work with. I mean, when I look back on the people I have worked with, it's kind of completely insane. So, if anybody is looking at the resume being like, really, you work with those people? I don't get it either. But, I mean, first and foremost is the show. I mean, having the opportunity to do these movies is fantastic, but then having The Office be my day job that I go back to you is completely and totally ridiculous and really, really fun. So, it's one of those things that like now that you've won the lottery, how are you gonna do it again? I don't know. 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