Chris Pine Quotes

Honestly, not being evasive, but the great thing about Bond is that I have fifty years of movies - 23 movies and all the Ian Fleming novels and short stories, all of which are fodder. And when I'm working on the new Bond, I'm constantly going back to Fleming and the other movies - what are the bits and pieces, what are the resonances?

That's the great thing about the 'Sin City' movies. Each little slot is incredibly meaningful, and each character has their own moment.

I often meet directors who want to cast me as the protagonist, but if the rest of the characters are not strong enough, the film is bound to fall flat on a creative level.

For me, the story must be the hero of the film. The screen space or the length of my role does not matter.

There are no great scripts - just great films.

The great thing about making picture books is that you can make absolutely anything you want happen. It's a bit like making a film, but you don't need lots of money for actors and costumes - you just need pens, paper, and your imagination.

The great thing about a trilogy is that it feels like you've got a beginning, a middle, and an end.

The good and wonderful thing about my whole career is that I've always felt that the audience, if I do it well, will track wherever I go, whether it's President or a lawyer or bad guy or good. All I have to do is execute the material enough where they buy into it. I've had the great luxury of the audiences accepting that.

We are creating a fabulous franchise with an incredible female action hero.

What's great about well-written material is, if you can shock with justifiable actions, that's the best.

You can have a bunch of great actors in a film, but if you don't have anyone telling a great story, it's a moot point.

As an actor, it's great to play a strong leader with a heart of gold.

The great thing about being an actor is things happen to you very quickly. I like to put myself in the way of surprise.

I feel like my responsibility as an actor is to make characters as compelling and believable as possible.

The great thing about 'X-Men' is that it takes characters that are quite firmly established in the comics and puts them in new contexts.

But so long as we can keep this crew of fantastic people together and can continue to make real breakthrough films in this category, as well as characters that stay true to what we've done in this first film, I'd be more than happy to be a part of it.

The great thing about journalism is that there is so much exposure to all kinds of people who can turn up later as characters, whether you intend it or not.

'The Hunger Games' for me is I love the books so much and the character and the story were incredible. That's kind of the game plan is just do really interesting stories with interesting characters.

The film industry sees the writer as fungible: The thinking goes, As long as we have Brad Pitt and all this money, we have a great film! No, you need a writer with voice and an engaging story, or what you have is a bomb.

I feel like any actor should always be thinking about how to serve the story. The thing to be cautious of is trying to make too much of your 'moment,' or whatever. The story is a lot bigger than you, and you're there to help it along.

The audience wants to be attracted not by the critics, but by a great story. You must deliver to the audience emotion - and when I say emotion, I mean suspense, drama, love.

The great thing about a short story is that it doesn't have to trawl through someone's whole life; it can come in glancingly from the side.

The great thing about films is that you have access to this whole world of experts who teach you the skills your character's supposed to have.

To me, the AMC brand is great storytelling - they call it slow-burn storytelling.

There are so many elements that make a good film. You need a great director who's driving it.