Chris Pratt Quotes

“A friend bought me a plane ticket to Hawaii, which is where I got discovered and became an actor, so I guess a friend bought me a winning lottery ticket.”

“Actors come up and just blatantly hit on my wife in front of me and don't even look at me.”

“America is at war. Go eat a donut.”

“As an actor it's always easier to shave or cut your hair for a role, but it's hard to put fake hair on or grow hair for a role.”

“As long as I keep getting cast, I don't care if it's typecast.”

“Celebrity is intoxicating.”

“Figure out whether or not you believe in yourself, and if you don't, find a way to. Because even more than you want it, you must believe it. And learn about yourself. The rhythm of one's spirit is just as important as what you look like or what you sound like. Who are you? What's your voice? What are you dying to contribute?”

“Girls like that quiet confidence. And not in a way like ‘I’m a d*ck and I don’t care.’ Just: ‘Hey, I’m comfortable with who I am.'”

“I don't even know how I ended up with the woman that I'm with!”

“I don't have any delusions. I don't think I would make it through Navy SEAL training.”

“I have some weird habits. For instance, I love beets. Show me a salad bar and I will clean them out of their beets.”

“I just feel like, if I drink, I want to drink a case of beer and not two beers. Two beers doesn't do anything for me.”

“I love 'Capote'. Huge fan of Philip Seymour Hoffman; if he's not my all-time favorite actor he's definitely in my top five. I just love him so much.”

“I married way out of my pay grade. I have no idea how that happened.”

“I primarily have had my career in comedy, and that is something that I have never been too concerned about because I know there is really no room for vanity in comedy. Comedy comes from pain and it is a lot easier to empathize with somebody who is out of shape.”

“I think any man over 250 pounds rollerblading is instant hilarity. There's nothing funnier than a giant, grown man rollerblading.”

“I was at church last night, and the pastor said, ‘You want more friends? Be friendly.'”

“I'd love to work with Steve Martin. I'd love to work with Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd.”

“I'm happy to try any genre, from drama to comedy and anything in between. Although, to be fair, for most of my career, I've been at the mercy of what people are willing to put me in.”

“I'm sure I can't relate to what females go through in Hollywood, but I do know what it feels like to eat emotionally. To be sad and make yourself happy with food, and then be almost immediately sad again, and then ashamed. Then, you try to hide those feelings with more food.”

“If you wait for things to be perfect you'll just miss out on life.”

“Just be comfortable with who you are.”

“Kids love superheroes but kids love dinosaurs as well, science and imagination merge. We feature these creatures that truly at one point walked the earth, which is mind-boggling... Kids love dinosaurs and so does the kid inside the adult.”

“My favorite way to blow off steam is to sing obnoxiously loud in the shower.”

“Nick Offerman is my hero. He just cracks me up. He's so funny, but he's a true actor, too – he's bringing so much when he's onscreen.”

“Of course I want people to like me, but more importantly, I don’t want people to dislike me.”

“People have told me I look like Gordon Lightfoot.”

“Perfect sandwich? Two slices of white bread, mustard, mayo and a platinum American Express card.”

“Some people fast, some people go on a cruise or visit a day spa. I get out in the woods with a rifle or a bow. That's my release.”

“The big challenge for me was just trying to ignore the embarrassment of being an actor. It's a pretty embarrassing thing to do. You've got people pointing cameras at you and hundreds of people watching you, as you're trying to be great. And often, almost every time, you're not.”