Chris Hemsworth quotes

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.
-- Chris Hemsworth

#House #Personality #Lazy

I remember asking one of the [cyber experts], I said, "Knowing what you know, and you exist behind the curtains so to speak, and you see behind the curtain, do you look at the world differently? Do you feel you have an upper hand?" He just started laughing and said, "Man, people have no idea how exposed they are, how vulnerable, and what's possible."
-- Chris Hemsworth

#Men #Knowing #Hands

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.
-- Chris Hemsworth

#Way #Watches #Film

You have a visceral, physical response to being in [the real] places, and the sights and sounds and the smells just bring something else out in you. You're not having to fake that or imagine that. It's there. It becomes as much an act of something you bounce off as the other people you're working with.
-- Chris Hemsworth

#Real #Smell #Sight

I feel like I'm ready for any dangerous situation that might come my way, provided I have a hammer on me.
-- Chris Hemsworth

#Might #Way #Hammers

It's much easier to hate someone on screen, if you actually like them off screen. It's a more enjoyable ride. There's nothing personal about it.
-- Chris Hemsworth

#Hate #Easier #Enjoyable

Being a superhero is a lot of fun.
-- Chris Hemsworth

#Fun #Superhero

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.
-- Chris Hemsworth

#Running #Jobs #Kids

You come to America, and, if you do a big TV show, then you can be overexposed, or old, before you're new.
-- Chris Hemsworth

#Tv Shows #America #Tvs

Well, I'll keep on auditioning and one day maybe I'll go to LA and try out for films there.
-- Chris Hemsworth

#Trying #One Day #Film

It wasn't until 'Thor' that I started lifting weights. It was all pretty new to me.
-- Chris Hemsworth

#Weight #Lifting

Working with Anthony Hopkins every day is a blessing.
-- Chris Hemsworth

#Blessing

As kids, our experiences shape our opinions of ourselves and the world around us, and that's who we become as adults.
-- Chris Hemsworth

#Kids #Adults #World

As a kid, I loved any fantasy.
-- Chris Hemsworth

#Kids #Fantasy

For whatever reason, we relate to anything godlike with an English accent. The English are very proud of that. And with anything Roman or gladiators, they have an English accent. For an audience, it is an easy trick to hook people in.
-- Chris Hemsworth

#People #Hook #Proud

Having a director who is also an actor makes for that very relaxed way of working and it's empowering.
-- Chris Hemsworth

#Empowering #Directors #Actors

I enjoy working on a movie that lets your imagination run wild, it's great to be a part of and watch.
-- Chris Hemsworth

#Running #Imagination #Watches

I get to stay active and that is my job at the moment, so I can't complain.
-- Chris Hemsworth

#Jobs #Complaining #Moments

I like to explore things.
-- Chris Hemsworth

It is often difficult to watch yourself onscreen, especially 60-feet high. As an actor, it is an uncomfortable experience.
-- Chris Hemsworth

#Feet #Watches #Actors

My father and I are very similar and have a wonderful relationship, but we both stand by our opinions.
-- Chris Hemsworth

#Father #Opinion #Wonderful

The more conflict and contrast you have with a character makes it more interesting.
-- Chris Hemsworth

#Character #Interesting #Conflict

Strong female leads are important.
-- Chris Hemsworth

#Strong #Important #Female

My dad works in child protection and he's spent many, many years in that line of work.
-- Chris Hemsworth

#Children #Dad #Years

Sometimes there is more exploration in the character for a villain.
-- Chris Hemsworth

#Character #Sometimes #Villain

Work all paled into the background as soon as I had a baby.
-- Chris Hemsworth

#Baby #Backgrounds

There’s a lot of pressure playing something that existed for so many years before you were involved, and already has a fan base. I approached it by doing it as well as I can.
-- Chris Hemsworth

#Years #Fans #Pressure

I'm not into watching stuff I did last week, let alone three or four years ago.
-- Chris Hemsworth

#Years #Three #Four

Here's your opportunity, now you've got to make something of it.
-- Chris Hemsworth

#Opportunity

People who put themselves on the line and sacrifice their own safety for the greater good and for others, and anyone in any profession whose concern is the welfare for other people instead of the individual, are inspiring and important.
-- Chris Hemsworth

#Sacrifice #People #Safety

Growing up, my parents were my heroes, in the way they conducted their lives.
-- Chris Hemsworth

#Growing Up #Hero #Parent

My mum always used to say to me that, out of her three boys, 'Chris, you were the girl!' I'd speak to her about far more things (than my brothers would) and far more things than she needed to hear about, too. I was a chatty kid.
-- Chris Hemsworth

#Girl #Brother #Kids

You can imagine how the kids teased me, with a name like Chris Hemsworth. 'Kiss Ham'sWart'-that's what they called me. Meaning if there was a piece of ham with an ugly wart on it, I was such a loser I'd probably kiss it. It was endless.
-- Chris Hemsworth

#Kids #Kissing #Names

Not often do you approach a character where people know more about him than you do
-- Chris Hemsworth

#Character #People #Approach

The closer you are to death, the more alive you feel.
-- Chris Hemsworth

#Death #Dying #Alive

At home in Victoria, we have three dogs, Tosh and Lucy, they're half Blue Heelers, and then there's Torrin a little Maltese terrier. She gets more attention in the house than anyone else! Yes, I miss them a lot.
-- Chris Hemsworth

#Dog #Home #Blue

For three years, I had embarrassing haircuts.
-- Chris Hemsworth

#Years #Three #Embarrassing

Growing up I always loved films that transport you to another world and has things you never see in every day life.
-- Chris Hemsworth

#Growing Up #World #Film

Eating when you're not hungry and taking in that amount of food is exhausting.
-- Chris Hemsworth

#Eating #Hungry

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.
-- Chris Hemsworth

#School #Pumps #Gigs

I love that Viking era, but also they're a fatalistic people and that dictated their fearlessness in battle and approach to life.
-- Chris Hemsworth

#People #Battle #Eras

I put the costume on and said 'It's not very comfortable, but it looks amazing,' so it's all good.
-- Chris Hemsworth

#Looks #Costumes #Said

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
-- Chris Hemsworth

#Drama #Diners #Scene

Being a father is certainly a task...but the best one that I could ever ask for. Being home, being with the family-that's what it's about.
-- Chris Hemsworth

#Dad #Father #Home

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.'
-- Chris Hemsworth

#Daughter #Mother #Boys

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
-- Chris Hemsworth

#Character #People #Guy

Chris [Evans] sent us a text that The Avengers assemble at such and such bar at 9 on Saturday night. That was a good group effort.
-- Chris Hemsworth

#Night #Effort #Groups

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.
-- Chris Hemsworth

#Character #Independent #Would Be