Chris Pratt covers the January issue of British GQ, just in time to promote his big movie star movie Passengers. I’ve never really been a believer in Chris Pratt, and that was before I realized that he and his wife don’t take proper care of their animals (not to mention the fact that Pratt is a sport hunter). All in all, not really my type. But I am interested in seeing how Passengers does, because the trailers make it look… not good? Like, it’s a cheesy ripoff of something but I can’t figure out what it’s ripping off. Anyway, Pratt excels when he’s in promotional mode (he has a touch of Channing Tatum every-man) and I didn’t really have a problem with these quotes:

On working with Jennifer Lawrence in Passengers: “She is truly one of the greatest actresses I’ve ever had the pleasure to work with. She acts like Adele sings. You just sit back and you think, damn, some people… She’s a terrible singer! But she’s a wonderful actress. She could just do it. She could just turn it on and it strikes emotion in you, like some people can just open their mouths and sing.”

Chris Pratt on how Guardians of the Galaxy 2 forcing him to deal with the loss of his father: “The truth is I ripped open some wounds that had been healing for some time. And I didn’t want to. But I knew it was right for the moment… There are wounds that are never going to be totally healed. It would probably make for a better story if it was some emotional thing that I hadn’t dealt with… When we face the death of a parent, you sometimes feel regret that you didn’t fully embrace what you had.”

Chris Pratt on his audition for Guardians of the Galaxy with director James Gunn: “Within a minute he knew it was me and I knew it was me. And then he just said, any questions? I was like, how much f***ing time do you have? Like, yeah, tell me everything. Tell me the script scene by scene, starting now, to the end, because you f***ing people won’t let me read it. So yeah, I have questions, I have nothing but f***ing questions.”

Chris Pratt on being a struggling actor: “Life was a series of choices based on the price backwards on the menu, when you didn’t look at, ooh, what do I want, you look at the lowest number, that’s what you’re going to get. The difference between a large soda and a small soda was the 49 cents, and you didn’t spend the 49 cents. I heard someone say to me if it’s a problem that can be solved by money, it’s not a real problem. And I thought what kind of f***ing a–hole would come up with that?”

[From British GQ]

“Tell me the script scene by scene, starting now, to the end, because you f***ing people won’t let me read it.” While I understand his frustration with “the Marvel way” of doing things, I do wonder if, say, the reaction would have been the same if Chadwick Boseman had come in and said that about Black Panther. And what if Boseman then bitched about the Marvel way in an interview? The reaction would have been different, let’s face it. As for what he says about being a broke and struggling actor… that says a lot about his pragmatism. He knows he’s lucky to be making real money now, but he hasn’t forgotten what it was like to struggle.

Here are some photos of Pratt and Lawrence at the Spanish photocall for Passengers.

Photos courtesy of WENN, British GQ.