Quotes

“Both 'OC' and 'Everwood,' there were people on set where you learned to stay away from them on a bad day.” Chris Pratt

“I did a more serious turn in a movie called 'Moneyball.' It's a baseball movie, where I play the character of Scott Hatteberg, who was a professional baseball player for the Oakland A's in 2002. It was really intense. I lost almost 50 pounds in four months, learned how to hit the ball left-handed, and just immersed myself in the world of baseball.” Chris Pratt

“The only way physical comedy works is if you don't see it coming. And the harder the fall, the funnier it is. You have to really take some shots, and I've walked away with some bumps and bruises.” Chris Pratt

“I was an athlete growing up. I was a wrestler, I played football, so I can take a fall. I actually wanted to be a stuntman when I was kid, so I would practice falling down the stairs. It's just something I like to do.” Chris Pratt

“I like to do 'Garfield Mondays': lasagna and napping in a box.” Chris Pratt

“You get to a point where you have to start planning, when you cross that line where you have enough value to get someone's movie made if you attach yourself to it, you have to be very thoughtful and have to plan. When you're starting out, you're willing to do anything.” Chris Pratt

“Celebrity is intoxicating.” Chris Pratt

“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.” Chris Pratt

“Just be yourself and forget all of the stuff you read in 'GQ' magazine.” Chris Pratt

“You know, I just tend to grow my beard out for 'Parks and Rec.' 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. When you look at pictures of me, the longer my hair is, the longer my facial hair is, that's just the longer I haven't gotten a job.” Chris Pratt

“You get to a point where you have to start planning, when you cross that line where you have enough value to get someone's movie made if you attach yourself to it, you have to be very thoughtful and have to plan.” Chris Pratt

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

“If one day someone came up to me and was like, 'Look, you're never going to act again,' I don't know what I would do.” Chris Pratt

“To go to the Oscars for 'Moneyball' - that was pretty amazing.” Chris Pratt

“Being in good physical shape is the best way to combat depression. You just have endorphins running around your body. It is the best anti-depressive that there is.” Chris Pratt

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

“I lose my cell phone so much that I switch it every month or so, but Sony Ericsson is usually what I use.” Chris Pratt

“I went from 220 pounds that I cut down for 'Moneyball' to almost 270-280 pounds for 'Ten Year.'” Chris Pratt

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

“I've eaten weird things through the course of my life. I've eaten wild game, I've eaten possum - possum's no good.” Chris Pratt

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

“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.” Chris Pratt

“Television is such an evolving medium.” Chris Pratt

“There's nothing funnier than a giant, grown man rollerblading.” Chris Pratt

“I'm still fighting really hard to get any role I get. If it's comedy, I go for the laughs. And if it's drama, I try to tell the truth, and try to play the real stakes of whatever scenario the character's in.” Chris Pratt

“It's interesting - I always thought when I was doing more melodramatic stuff like 'Everwood' that the directors were constantly reeling me in and stopping me from being funny.” Chris Pratt

“Television is such an evolving medium. When you're doing a TV show, it's not like you just shoot for six weeks and you're in an editing room with all of your footage. It's like a guitar or a car, you have to fine tune things. You stop doing what's not working, you work on what is working and you add things that do work.” Chris Pratt

“The American audience has really opened up to women being A.) funny and B.) kinda crude. 'Bridesmaids' is R-rated, and I think it was a major coup for women to have an R-rated comedy that did really well. Same as 'Bad Teacher.'” Chris Pratt

“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.” Chris Pratt

“I was an athlete growing up and I miss that. I miss hanging out with dudes and making raunchy jokes and telling stories, trading details, you know? There's something I really miss about that.” Chris Pratt