Chris (on how luck changed his life): Yeah, my career is a great example. I took part in a theatre festival in Massachusetts two summers after I graduated from college. Then I was in Los Angeles thinking, “I am going to go to New York.” I had decided that I would not have a chance of a film career, so I was about to make the move. I bought a plane ticket and found a place to live in New York, packed my bags and of course the universe ‘told me’ that I was not meant to go. Suddenly a week before I was supposed to leave, I had three job offers and one of them was my first movie. I think that when you let go and ‘throw it all away’ and stop getting attached and say “whatever happens, happens”, you don’t invest too much in anything particular, and things work out. As an actor, it is easy to be so self-critical, saying to yourself, “Am I good enough? Am I good looking enough? Am I smart enough?” Yet here I am, so I am lucky.
Chris (on getting used to seeing himself on screen): I look at myself and say, “I can’t believe my head’s that big. Thank God my hair doesn’t look like a bird’s nest.” I am critical of myself like everyone else. You go to a movie theatre and you are forty feet high. I had bad skin as a teenager and I am a shy person, but I think I am in the perfect business to fight my insecurities. You have to learn to love yourself and say, “I am pretty cool” instead of being so critical. You can easily fall into the trap of doing that.
Chris (when he landed the role in Just My Luck): When I got the job I thought about her a lot. Not only was I getting a great job in a really good movie, but it was with Lindsay Lohan. She is so famous and I don’t have any of that.
Chris (on what to do on a first date): I am pretty conventional, I was raised by a strict mother who said, “Be sure to open doors and say please thank you and pull up the chair.” So I would take her for a great dinner with good ambience, low lighting, great food and a good bottle of wine. I like to be inquisitive and ask a lot of questions. I am not an ironic dating guy; I don’t say, “Let’s go bowling."
Chris (on kissing Lindsay Lohan): It could not be more artificial, but she was great and we laughed about it. It did feel awkward but we got into the rhythm of it. She was a great kisser, she has great big lips and she is gorgeous.
Chris(on his role in Princess Diaries 2): I am like my character in that, I guess, I like to push buttons a little bit sometimes and maybe I go too far. My sister would certainly say that. But, yeah, I guess there's a certain… I try to be suave. It doesn't always work out. Hopefully, I'm not as arrogant.
Chris(on 'Jake' in Just My Luck): Everyone can relate to Jake--that part of us that's insecure, blaming the heavens for everything that doesn't go right in your life--but he's a well-meaning, nice guy. It was fun to play Jake--the physical comedy was great.
Chris(about using an English accent): Ever since I saw Sexy Beast I've been trying to get the cockney thing down.
Chris: ...I like those darker, guys-with-many-colors sort of roles.
He went to a small private school in the San Fernando Valley area called Oakwood.
He studied acting at the American Conservatory Theater and University of Leeds in the United Kingdom.
Chris started in theater, performing at the Williamstown Theater Festival in Berkeley, CA.
Chris stands 1.84 m. tall.
Chris was raised in the Valley.
Chris is currently writing short stories as well as a screenplay.
Chris enjoys leisure reading on meditation.
If Chris wasn't an actor he would have been a musician.
Chris likes Andre 3000's style.
Chris was born on exactly the same day as Macaulay Culkin.
Chris has a sister named Katie.
Chris is the son of Robert Pine and Gwynne Gilford.
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