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John Krasinski’s Best Quotes On Fatherhood & Raising His Daughters
The proud girl dad admits he’s a crier.
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John Krasinski and Emily Blunt have two daughters — Hazel, 8, and Violet, 6. Over the years, Krasinski has shared his thoughts on fatherhood and family, and these are some of our favorite quotes.
Until [seeing DC League of Super-Pets] they didn’t actually believe I was in the business because they’ve never seen anything I’ve done. They were like ‘Wow, you’re not an accountant!’
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All the cliches [about fatherhood] are true: it’s the greatest thing that’s ever happened to me.
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[Steve Carrell] described [life before and after kids] perfectly. 'It’s like you had a favorite book ...then one day you put that book down and started a new book and that’s your new favorite book and you can’t stop reading it.'
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I’m a crier, I have no hard time saying that, and I cry at everything, and this is before my daughter’s even presented me with a pasta necklace, so I don’t know what’s going to happen on that day.
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I’m so proud to know that my daughters are going to grow up knowing that their mom is an incredibly hardworking, wonderful woman.
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My whole job as a dad is to try and understand and identify what they want and support them in whatever that is... I think the best thing you can do for them nowadays is just support them in what they believe and what they love.
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You don’t have any time for yourself, but you have all this time with these wonderful, beautiful people that you never would have gotten to know otherwise.
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I think there’s a sense of relief hearing that it’s hard for other people because you’re all in this fight together.
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I had such amazing parents growing up. I just figured, I’ll just do exactly what they did. And then you realize that moment-to-moment, you don’t know what they did because there is no manual.
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You’re just trying. There’s no perfection. There’s no school. There’s no defined way to go about it. You’re just learning.
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I was never scared to have a kid; I was actually always looking forward to it. One of the things I’ve always wanted to do was be a dad.
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In this existential way, there’s a giant mirror held up to you, whether you like it or not, and you start questioning yourself: ‘Are you ready to be a dad? Are you a good enough man to be a dad?’
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The truth is, I love really simple, quiet times with my daughters.
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