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Esquire Q&A with John Krasinski

Esquire has a brief chat with John about “The Office,” “For Your Consideration,” and “Brief Interviews with Hideous Men.”

An excerpt:

ESQ: When the U. S. version of The Office debuted, there was no telling if it would survive. Are you breathing more easily in the third season?

JK: Definitely. For a while we were all thinking about applying to a restaurant close to the studio, so that at a moment’s notice we could go work over there. I remember thinking, We get a DVD of this, right? At least I can prove to my mom that it happened. Now people actually care about it.

Read the full article here.

Thanks to 23candles at the LiveJournal Office community for the tip!

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The Friday Tally

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Greg Daniels to blog live on premiere night

Greg Daniels, executive producer of The Office, will blog live at NBC.com after The Office Season 3 premiere next Thursday, September 21st.

… nbc.com will feature live premiere blogs from the creators, producers or cast members for every show on the air … All new, returning, scripted or reality shows will host a live blog immediately after the premiere episode. Viewers will be encouraged to engage in a dialogue with the creator, producer or cast member about the episode as soon as the broadcast concludes.

Read the full press release here.

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Behind the scenes with John the prop guy

We can look forward to one more MySpace “behind the scenes at The Office” blog come Season 3 — this time from props specialist John Sparano.

His latest post talks about Office segments from the NBC Primetime Preview:

The mustard toss: The first time Jim threw it, he put it up on the roof. to my knowledge it’s still there.

Read John’s blog here. (I’ve also added a link to John’s blog from the OT links page.)

Thanks to bluepassiflora at the LiveJournal Office community for the tip!

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Rainn Wilson says, be yourself

Backstage.com interviews several actors, including The Office’s Rainn Wilson, on the importance of being true to oneself in Hollywood:

Wilson, who describes himself as “pudgy and a little bit odd, but strangely sexy and alluring at the same time,” admits that in the beginning of his career he, too, struggled with trying to fit himself into someone else’s ideal. “I had my earliest agent in New York telling me that I had to get my teeth fixed and I needed to lift weights to go for leading-man types of roles,” he recalls.

Read the full article here.

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Bid on iPod signed by Angela and Phyllis!

The Clothes Off Our Back Foundation presents its fifth annual Emmy auction, and includes a “limited edition engraved iPod Nano” signed by The Office’s Angela Kinsey and Phyllis Smith. Proceeds go to the emergency relief efforts in Darfur, Children’s Defense Fund, and Cure Autism Now.

Bid for the Nano here; the auction ends Sept. 15th at 6pm PDT. [No longer available]