Zitat des Tages von Chris Hemsworth:
I like to explore things.
I was a chatty kid.
For me, life is about experience and being a good person.
I actually find it harder to act in the scenes where there's not much happening, say having a milkshake in the diner. That is far harder to do than straight scenes where there's a drama going on and you have something to do.
We were living in California, and it just wasn't conducive for the lifestyle that we wanted with kids. Los Angeles is tricky to get around, there's paparazzi to deal with, and I had this feeling that I just wanted to move back to Australia.
I entered the work force cleaning breast pumps at a pharmacy! It was a part-time gig while I was at school... no interview required.
I put the costume on and said 'It's not very comfortable, but it looks amazing,' so it's all good.
Being a superhero is a lot of fun.
Well, I'll keep on auditioning and one day maybe I'll go to LA and try out for films there.
I have seen 'Thor', yeah. It's fantastic. Being that close to something, it's often pretty hard to watch yourself, but the film in so many ways is so impressive that I was swept along with it like an audience member, and that's a pretty good sign.
You get the part, sign the contract and start to realize millions of people follow this guy and know more about your character than you do.
Work all paled into the background as soon as I had a baby.
I have sporadic OCD cleaning moments around the house. But then I get lazy and I'm cured. It's a very inconsistent personality trait.
You come to America, and, if you do a big TV show, then you can be overexposed, or old, before you're new.
You have the massive world that was created by Marvel, and then you have these very intimate actors around you. There was as much character work on this as there would be on a little independent film. So, I felt very fortunate in that sense.
I was filming 'The Avengers' when I got the call for 'Rush,' so I went from 215 pounds, which is how much I weigh when I'm playing Thor, down to about 185 pounds to be able to fit into the car. That was all in about four months.
Not often do you approach a character where people know more about him than you do.
The more conflict and contrast you have with a character makes it more interesting.
As a kid, you run around the house pretending to be a superhero, and now to be doing it as a job, I feel very lucky.
My father and I are very similar and have a wonderful relationship, but we both stand by our opinions.
Everything shifted for me after 'Rush.' It wasn't as financially successful as other things I'd done, but it gave me more movement, more options, more doors opening, more meetings. All of a sudden, it's, 'Oh, wow! You're an actor!'
My dad works in child protection and he's spent many, many years in that line of work.
Growing up I always loved films that transport you to another world and has things you never see in every day life.
Sometimes there is more exploration in the character for a villain.
I almost feel more anxious lately about, 'Here's your opportunity, now you've got to make something of it.'
I grew up in a culture of motorbikes. So I like racing just fine. Quite a lot, actually. That was when I was a boy in Australia. And I never really made the jump to cars after that.
I'd like to think I'm a normal sort of guy, but go to my mum and she'll probably say, 'You know, Chris was always the daughter out of my three boys.'
My daughter is full energy, like my wife and I, and strong-minded and has an opinion, like we do. And my boys, one's a bit more calm and chill, and the other is much more sensitive to things. You see this right away, when they're first born. One cried, one didn't, with the boys.
As kids, our experiences shape our opinions of ourselves and the world around us, and that's who we become as adults.
It wasn't until 'Thor' that I started lifting weights. It was all pretty new to me.
Strong female leads are important.
I love that Viking era, but also they're a fatalistic people and that dictated their fearlessness in battle and approach to life.
I got a film fairly quickly and felt like I was on a roll. I would walk into auditions sounding like Crocodile Dundee, thinking, 'This is going to be a novelty for them.' Then I realised that there are a million other Australians here, and I should just shut up.