Chris Pine on social media: I find it to be a waste of time, the Internet is so caustic
I know Chris Pine wears the Eau D’Ouchebag scent in real life, but I can’t help it – I find him attractive. I don’t really want to talk to him or anything, but that’s not because I think he’s stupid. He’s not stupid. At all. He’s a college-educated, well-read, well-spoken, interesting guy. He’s just a guy who only dates dumb 22-year-old lingerie “models” and that irritates me. So, I don’t want him to talk because when he talks, he reminds me that he’s actually a cool, attractive guy and then I get pissed off that he “dates down” all the time. I’m a whirlwind of emotions right now, I’m just saying.
Anyway, Chris covers the new issue of The Hollywood Reporter – he’s promoting Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, his chance to get another franchise under his belt. The interview is, again, interesting. Although I think Chris should stop talking about how uncomfortable he is with movie stardom – no one forced him to sign on to two franchises, you know? Here are some highlights from the interview:
Working with Lindsay Lohan in Just My Luck: “It was a real cyclone of insanity, like being around The Beatles. It was fascinating to watch, and in hindsight it’s really a distinct moment in someone’s life when you see what’s really wonderful about what we get to do and what’s really dangerous about it.” Pine put his head down and worked. But he took away a valuable lesson from the experience: Never believe your own hype. “Hollywood is like living in a weird bubble. A bunch of people take care of you and get you stuff, and you’re the center of that little microcosmic world. You start believing that it is real and … you deserve it.”
He won’t talk about his love life: “That’s something I don’t really want to talk about”
The paparazzi: “They f—ing suck. The light of my flame was really bright after Star Trek [in 2009], and I had that bizarre convergence of everything’s so intense for about a month, and then it died down. During that time, they’re f—ing chasing you, and you’re driving at speeds you shouldn’t be driving at. Thankfully, I don’t really have much of that anymore.”
Social media: “No, f— no,” he says emphatically. “What am I going to tweet about? My sneakers? Or, ‘I have 140,000 friends on Facebook.’ What does that even mean? I find it to be a waste of time. The Internet is so caustic; just a place where people get to spew nonsense and bulls–t.”
His politics: [He] finds the whole left-right identification to be moronic. To Pine, Republicans and Democrats are interchangeable. He’s quick to point out the erosion of privacy and the strengthening of the Patriot Act under President Obama. “The head of our government can assassinate anyone, including an American citizen. We are striking countries with drones — sovereign countries. What if Mexico decided to bomb San Diego because there was a drug cartel there?” During a two-hour stretch with this reporter, Pine checked his iPhone exactly once — to confirm the name of Anwar al-Awlaki, a U.S. citizen who was killed in Yemen by a CIA-led drone strike. “Was he an awful guy? Yeah. Was he plotting terrorism? Possibly. But we crossed the line by just outright assassinating him.”
His approach to his career: “Unfortunately, I really don’t have a strategy — I have no desire at all to produce on a micromanaging level. For me, I love exploring ideas and throwing stuff against the wall and seeing what fits, and if I had a really nice collaborative team around me who could deal with the more day-to-day minutia, that would be fun. And directing sometime in the future and writing … yeah, I can see that all in my future.” Then he adds, smiling, “But I can be incredibly lazy.”
Most of THR story is just quotes from dudes who love Chris after working with him, all about how great he is. I would have liked to hear more from Chris. I want to know more about his politics! Who did he vote for in 2012? Does he donate money to political campaigns? I want to know! As for his personal social media ban… that’s interesting. There seem to be more and more celebrities speaking out against social media these days.
Photos courtesy of THR.
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