John Krasinski Quotes

I like challenges. That's why if I read a script, and I feel, 'Oh, I can't do this,' I'll take that role, because if I feel like, 'Oh, I can do this,' I don't want to take that because I can't learn from that film.

I don't know what my limitations are until I reach them. I look for the challenge.

Someone once told me growth and comfort do not coexist. And I think it's a really good thing to remember.

I'm a firm believer in doing things that scare you.

I always get offered the pretty, popular girl roles, but I want to do something dark, really challenge myself and get out of my comfort level.

I'm a masochist in some ways. I look for things that I think I can't do, then, for some bizarre reason, I really want to do them. Maybe one day I'll take the easy route.

Yeah, I like to keep myself interested - I'll kind of throw myself into some area that I don't completely know or understand, that I'm not adept at, so I'm forced to swim in order to stay afloat. There's a good feeling that comes from that.

Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.

I was a swimsuit model, and I got bored. Acting was challenging. It was very hard and intimidating. We choose to do things in life sometimes that scare the crap outta us. Performing in front of people was my challenge.

I like being challenged. That's the only way you grow.

I'm always looking for a new thing that really terrifies me that I think I can't do it and accomplish that.

I just want to keep challenging myself. Keep moving the goalposts and raising my game.

So as long as I'm a working actor, I can improve. I want to work with people that frighten me and excite me, and characters that I don't believe I'm the best person for the part but I'm still gonna try anyway. Those are my favorite roles.

I like putting myself in uncomfortable situations.

It is in the failures of our striving that we find ourselves, and it is then, in the rising above them and trying again, that we carry ourselves to the next level. If the runner stumbles, they get up and run again.

People ask me often, 'Why did you leave Green Bay? You had the best quarterback, you were going good and all that.' But I've always been one for challenges. Try to build something up, try something new, challenge myself.

Even though I live in New York, I still have this Jersey thing where I feel like I have to prove myself. I'm grateful for any chance I get to be the least talented person in the room, because it'll make me work that much harder.

People leave United and tend to drift out of the game. I actually think I became a better player and a better person. I proved a lot of doubters wrong.

You have to challenge yourself and things happen from there.

If you've not got the doubts to go and prove people wrong, that's when you get into that comfort zone and stop progressing.

The best things happen at the exit ramp of your comfort zone.

Do something youre not ready to do. In the worst case, youll learn your limitations.

I love challenges. If you don't have any and can do whatever you want, then it's probably time to die.

One of the reasons for putting yourself on the line, is that life is not simply treading water... I always felt that once you reach a certain point, you have to try and move ahead.

I want to find things that challenge me.