Chris Pine, the star of the highly anticipated “Star Trek” movie takes the May cover of Men’s Health, out April 21. Inside, he opens up to about his thoughts on taking the blockbuster role and how he feels playing Captain Kirk, a role that William Shatner embodied. He says, “No matter what your job, there are always ways to do something better than your predecessor. That’s why you were hired.”
On his work with Star Trek:
“When I started Trek,” he says, “I looked at it, and then I was climbing it, and I didn’t have time for anything else but climbing the thing and getting to the top. And that’s an incredible space to exist in, because there’s tremendous responsibility. There’s tremendous pressure. But all those just clarify your vision.”
Pine's views on responsibility:
“You realize your failures weren’t even failures. You just weren’t as good as you thought you’d be.”
“You don’t have control over your situation. But you have a choice about how you view it.”
“Responsibility is only what you place on yourself.”
“I think the most dangerous word in the English language is should,” Pine says. “I should have done this. Or I should do that. Should implies responsibility. It connotes demand. Which is just not the case. Life ebbs and flows.”
Read more of Pine's Tips For Success at MensHealth.com.
