American - Actor | August 26, 1980 -
I had a job at this French restaurant, and I hated it. I don't like serving; I don't like getting people ketchup.
Chris Pine
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I was a shy kid, a late bloomer. At 22, I was probably 16 emotionally.
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'Star Trek' scared me a lot more than 'White Jazz.' It terrified me, really. Because of the scale, the responsibility, the fact that it was this iconic character. It was the bigger challenge, so I had to take it.
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The great thing about theater is that you have so much time to prepare, and to fail, before presenting it to the public. In film, the high-wire act seems to be that much farther up, and the net seems to be less there.
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Theater will always be a huge part of my life. The high I get from doing theater is not, quite honestly, matched by many things. I like the fact that when you step out on the stage, for that given night, for better or for worse, you are the master of the boards. I love it to death.
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It's really interesting that, in 'The Avengers,' the character that people relate to is The Hulk, and I think the reason why they relate to The Hulk is because he's fragile and human and faulty.
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I think the first thing that I saw on IMAX was 'The Avengers.' The scope and the size of it are pretty neat, I will say that.
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My nana was an actress, my mom was an actress, and my sister, too. So because I was surrounded by it, it really came naturally.
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I find it really hard to even read another script while shooting.
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I would love to do more theatre, musicals... everything.
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I grew up in a house where my father went on auditions, and he got some and he lost some, and there were good years and lean years. I didn't expect anything from the business, and that's often a danger in Hollywood, the notion that if you're pretty and have white teeth and just show up for the game then you'll win.
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'Star Trek' is about a bunch of disparate people and what they're capable of when they work together.
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