Quotes

When I found out I had to take off my shirt in Teen Movie, I panicked and hit the gym. I was like "It's going to be on film, documented, for my children to see. I can't be 140 pounds. I need to put on a little bit of muscle.".

Anyone who's had a tattoo knows once you get your first one, as you're walking out the door, you're planning the next.

[on what it's like being home in Boston with his family] I'm reminded of who I am, who I was, and who I'm supposed to be.

If you want to be around in 10 years you've got to do something to differentiate yourself from the pack.

For the youth, the indignation of most things will just surge as each birthday passes.

I really wanted to be a part of Milk (2008), but I lost out to James Franco. I guess if you've got to lose, he's the guy to lose to.

[on Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)] Right now in America, how we handle ourselves in political and global issues is up for questioning. (He) might wear the red, white and blue but I don't think this is all about America. It is what America stands for.

I want to get married, though I want children - to me that's the ultimate thing. When you're old and on your death bed, looking back at your life it's not going to be the films you've made or what you've accomplished, it's the relationships you have. You're survived by things that matter - the people you love and those who love you back.

[on filming the iconic helicopter shot from Civil War] Yeah that's what the script said, "Zoom in on the biceps." That was in the first week of filming. I was pumping iron just before we rolled. I am not going to pretend I wasn't. When you are filming these movies, you try and get as fit as you can by the time you start, and then throughout the filming, you just gradually lose weight, because in that suit every day, you're sweating nonstop, you're tired, your workouts kind of fall off a little bit. So they load all the scenes where I have to be in a T-shirt in the beginning of shooting. The day we did the helicopter shirt I am in a T-shirt and you want to look good. But I'm not going to pretend I walk around looking like that. You prepare. There is a lot of pressure to keep up. You wanna make sure you look the role. In the comic books he's 6'4, 240 pounds - a huge animal. I'm nowhere near that. You wanna make sure that you at least get close to the image the comic book fans have in their head.

[on the helicopter scene from Civil War not being enhanced in any way] That was really my arm, and you know what, I took a page of Anthony Mackie's book. When we were doing Avengers: Age of Ultron, for certain scenes, I worked out just before the take but there were a bunch of scenes where I was the only one out of the cast doing it and I'd be embarrassed and feel shame. So I didn't do it that often. And then we started Civil War and Mackie has no shame. Before each take Mackie's just curling weights non-stop and I thought, "Yeah! What are you doing Chris? Just curl some weights! Who cares? I am not going to worry about 20 people judging me as opposed to 200 million people seeing the scene forever." So before the helicopter scene, I lifted a lot of weights to get pumped. It's not like I woke up and I looked like that, that was me lifting weight for hours on end prior to filming that scene. There certainly was a lot of pressure. I was fully aware of what they wanted that shot to be. I wanted that shot to be great too.

[on his frequent co-star Scarlett Johansson] She really is a beautiful lady. She really got blessed, I love that girl, man. She's like my sister. I've known her for 10 years. She's just one of the smartest people I know. It's great when someone with a razor-sharp intellect wants to have fun. A lot of my buddies who like to have fun are a little low-brow, and that's fun. It's enjoyable but you can laugh at only so many farts.

[on how it is hard to maintain his abs for Captain America at 35 years old] It's getting harder as I get older. I've noticed that no matter how hard I work out, I can still feel a little bit of a soft section around the middle, so I've had to start incorporating a bit of a diet. Nothing too strict but no late-night pints of ice cream. There's a lot of time in the gym - that's tough. My body doesn't naturally want to be this size.