Chris Pine, if beauty were time, you’d be eternity.
An early birthday gift to all of you summer babies, these ocean blue eyes and thick luscious locks are on the cover of the June issue of Men’s Health. The 32-year-old Star Trek Into Darkness and Jack Ryan star, gives Men’s Health the inside scoop on some of his biggest fears, his old high school days, and blowing his first Star Trek audition before nailing the second one. Not to mention, he reveals his sensitive side. Yes, he is sensitive too. Some men really do just have it all!
Highlights from the interview:
Hitting the gym: “I work out because that’s my job. What I enjoy about it, beyond the vanity, is the Zen of it. I like getting out of my head: One great way is to sweat your face off. I appreciate that if you’re thinking of anything else, you’re not working intensely enough.”
His unusual acting gig on CSI: Miami: “I played a really creepy sociopath who strangled his girlfriend during sex,” he says. The experience was better for Pine than for the cadaver. “I kind of loved it,” he says. “Once I let go of resistance and leaned in, I thought, ‘Yep, this job definitely rocks.’ ”
Number one fear: “Mediocrity scares me,” he says. “It’s the fear of not being as good as you want to be. If you give over to that fear, it will sabotage you. As much as I can, I try to use that fear to guide me.”
His not so star-ish audition for Star Trek: “As badly as you can imagine, Pine says.”
A shocking callback for Star Trek : “When you want something enough, it brings out primal emotions,” he says. “You get into this place of ‘must happen, must happen.’”
On what’s in store for Star Trek into Darkness: “Much more action; much, much more intensity; and a lot more fighting.” In a couple of words? “Seriously epic,” he says.
Not your average high school quarterback, an outsider growing up: “Just looking at a girl felt awkward. Pine goes on to say, “When you feel like an oddball, it never really leaves you. Even now, I’m better around people who are uncomfortable with themselves, the misfits.
Following his father’s footsteps in acting: “Acting was work for him. It was a job. I always thought there was something great about that. Almost like you’re working in a bank. You don’t get carried away with yourself.”
On being mentored by Alec Baldwin: “I was transparent in my desire to be mentored. ‘Please give me sage wisdom,’ I’d say. Alec just took me by the shoulders and said, ‘Do it,’ which to me meant ‘Jump in, dive in, take it. Smile and laugh. Grab it, chew it.’”
PLUS:
Motto: “Just get in there and get dirty.”
Hero: “My father. He leads with his heart. I have a memory of us fishing. It could be f-ing miserably boring, but he was totally invested in what this experience was going to be for me. His absolute dedication to my interest is what moves me when I look back on it.”
Last website he recommended to a friend: “Truthout.org.”
Cooking to impress a girl: “Steak: Sear the meat to create a few nice lines. Know how long to grill it so you only have to flip it once.”
His sensitive side: “I cry all the time—at work, at the shrink’s, with my lady. The Notebook killed me. “Up” destroyed me. “Up” was like the animated Amour.”
Well, Chris Pine, if you’re a bird, I’m a bird…..
Don’t miss out on the June issue of Men’s Health!!
