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Wild Card with Rachel Martin

Why Chris Pine gave up on being perfect

Wild Card with Rachel Martin

NPR

Society & Culture

4.6991 Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Chris Pine says his directorial debut, Poolman, got "obliterated" by critics. But the Star Trek and Wonder Woman star tells Rachel that the experience helped him reevaluate his desire for perfection. Chris also debates predestination with Rachel, reflects on the struggle to feel awe and discusses his recurring childhood dreams of having tea with an elf in a tree.

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0:00.0

Support for NPR and the following message comes from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

0:05.4

RWJF is a national philanthropy, working toward a future where health is no longer a privilege but a right.

0:12.1

Learn more at RWJF.org.

0:15.4

Hey, everybody. Just a little heads up. This episode contains a little bit of cursing.

0:20.9

What's a goal you're glad you gave up on?

0:25.8

Perfection.

0:26.9

My film got absolutely decimated when it premiered in Toronto, which brings up for me

0:32.8

one of my primary triggers or whatever is not being liked or this idea of perfection of not

0:39.0

creating something that is perceived as, right?

0:42.5

I'm Rachel Martin and this is Wildcard, the game where cards control the conversation.

0:50.1

Each week, my guest chooses questions at random.

0:53.4

Pick a card one through three.

0:55.7

Questions about the memories, insights, and beliefs that have shaped their lives.

0:59.8

I had joy.

1:00.8

I experienced joy.

1:01.8

It still gives me joy.

1:03.3

That's it.

1:04.0

That's enough.

1:05.0

There is no perfect.

1:06.2

That is perfect.

1:07.7

And our guest today is someone you may think you have figured out.

1:12.2

You've seen Chris Pine on the big screen for a long time by this point, playing different

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