Chris Pine knew he could pull off the role of James T.Kirk in Star Trek.

At first, he watched hours and hours of footage of William Shatner to prepare himself for the role but he soon stopped watching it because he wanted to bring his own version of Kirk to the table.

Chris revealed all to Men’s Health magazine.

He said: “No matter what your job, there are always ways to do something better than your predecessor. That’s why you were hired.”

Chris sometimes thinks back to times he’s failed at things.

He added: “You realize your failures weren’t even failures. You just weren’t as good as you thought you’d be.”

Ever since Star Trek came out in cinemas Chris and Zachary Quinto have been followed by fans and photographers everywhere they go.

You would think the pressure would be getting to them but it isn’t.

Chris explained that he keeps calm by thinking “I play a make-believe captain of a make-believe spaceship. Responsibility is only what you place on yourself.”

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He may play one of TV’s iconic characters in the upcoming Star Trek movie, but Chris Pine believes he can add something new to the character of Captain James T. Kirk.

“No matter what your job, there are always ways to do something better than your predecessor,” he tells the May issue of Men’s Health magazine. “That’s why you were hired.”

Not that commanding the U.S.S. Enterprise was an easy task. “When I started Trek,” he says, “I didn’t have time for anything else but climbing the thing and getting to the top. There’s tremendous responsibility. There’s tremendous pressure. But all those just clarify your vision.”

Tackling the role may have been daunting, but Pine knew he had to try. “I think the most dangerous word in the English language is should,” he says. “‘I should have done this.’ Or ‘I should do that.’ Should implies responsibility. It connotes demand. Which is just not the case. Life ebbs and flows.”

Lately, life has brought him to a happy place, complete with a sunny and optimistic girlfriend. Just one hitch: She’s a morning person and he’s not. “I’m so envious of that genetic wiring that immediately puts a smile on your face,” he says. “My genetic wiring just puts creases in my eyebrows.”

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