Chris Pine

I think it's a fair criticism to say that we've gotten our fill of superhero films, and audiences should just have different things to choose from when they go to the theaters. ”

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. ”

Look at the movies of the sixties and seventies. They were making a different kind of movie then. Would 'Network' ever be made now? No. Would 'Kramer vs. Kramer' ever be made now? No. Would 'Tootsie' ever be made now? Probably not. Robert Altman films? Never. ”

Any actor wants to do interesting roles, different roles. It's not all that much fun to do the same thing over and over again. ”

Those big films are scary things. There's so much money behind those things. There's that hype. You enter a machine. ”

Generally speaking, the more money that's involved in anything, the more people are expecting and hoping that it's not going to fail. ”

I think the great thing about the Jack Ryan films is that the plot and the story always take center stage. If you've done your job as the actor portraying Jack Ryan, you are present enough to make an impact, but you let the story shine. ”

I don't have any interest in filmmakers making statements just for the sake of being provocative. ”

I try to live joyfully and the by the rule of treating others how you'd want to be treated - that's a good one to stick by. ”

It's either 'Saw' made for $4 million or 'Star Wars,' 'Star Trek,' 'Guardians of the Galaxy' et cetera being made for $150 million. So the $30 and $40 million films don't get made unless they're maybe 'Ride Along.' But I don't really know why. I don't get paid to know why. ”