Chris Pine
Chris Pine
Christopher "Chris" Whitelaw Pine is an American actor. He is known for his role as James T. Kirk in Star Trek, Star Trek Into Darkness, and Star Trek Beyond. He also appeared in the films The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement, Just My Luck, Smokin' Aces, Bottle Shock, Unstoppable, This Means War, Rise of the Guardians, Horrible Bosses 2, Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, Into the Woods, Z for Zachariah, and The Finest Hours...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth26 August 1980
CityLos Angeles, CA
CountryUnited States of America
I cry all the time - at work, at the shrink's, with my lady. 'The Notebook' killed me. 'Up' destroyed me.
I'm always calculating what I want to do, who I want to be, what I want to accomplish. I don't need to worry about that - that's always there on a slow simmer. The muscle I have to work on is being more present.
'Star Trek' is about a bunch of disparate people and what they're capable of when they work together.
Imagination is a pretty powerful thing, and when you're in the moment and you're riding a train and you're asked to look scared, I don't know, it just kind of works out. And in those moments where you're actually doing some of the stunts, then it's not so hard at all, because there's an actual fear there.
My father calls acting 'a state of permanent retirement with short spurts of work.'
For me, work is one thing, and my life is another.
I've worked Keira Knightley quite a bit and Kevin Costner.
Working together always works together better...
I think that when you let go and "throw it all away" and stop getting attached and say "whatever happens, happens", you don't invest too much in anything particular, and things work out.
At the end of the day, you have a job to do, and if you don't do your job, you're going to get fired. You just have to kind of put your head down and do it.
I usually just end up at home on my couch - reading.
Film is just a different version of what we did round the campfire when we were Neanderthals. We tell stories so people can learn things and relativise things.
The authentic experience, where is that? Living the moment. That is something that we're losing.
A lot of tragedy can befall us, but there's always something else; there's always hope.