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Chris Hemsworth Says Awards and Box Office No Longer Define His Success

He calls his father's Alzheimer's diagnosis a turning point toward prioritizing family and personal wellbeing.

Overview

  • In a new Guardian interview, he calls his past fixation on nominations, awards, and grosses "absurd" and says he keeps reminding himself not to chase those metrics.
  • He acknowledges taking roles for the paycheck to support relatives, conceding some choices were not the "purest" creatively.
  • He says he crafted a confident public persona and that playing Thor became a safety net that made him appear more certain than he felt.
  • He recounts experiencing severe performance anxiety and panic attacks after joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
  • He notes his children are now 11 and 13, which has curbed his drive to keep "racing forward."