text: Chris Pine thinks Hollywood needs more female leads | Page Six
  February 3, 2016 | 2:33pm
  Chris Pine in the new issue of DuJourBlair Getz Mezibov/DuJour
  Chris Pine is ready for his female counterparts to take the lead on-screen.
  "Action is so synonymous with violence and revenge and eye-for-an-eye; the masculine footprint in the world is so violent and obviously it hasn't really gotten us anywhere," the 35-year-old told DuJour magazine. "A woman at the forefront naturally leads with this compassion, and [is about] giving life instead of taking it."
  Pine, who solidified his leading man status following the success of the "Star Trek" reboot, is taking on a supporting role next summer in "Wonder Woman" as Gal Gadot's sidekick.
  "To have a strong woman who represents those qualities, I think we can start injecting this world with a little bit more of the ideology of compassion, love and positive moral strength rather than something destructive," he continued.
  Though Pine is hopeful see Gadot, 30, and more fearless females tackle blockbuster-like roles in the future, he's ready to embrace the unknown in terms of what's next for his career.
  "When I was a younger actor, I meditated and marinated over the effect on the long-term and the short-term, the this and the that," said Pine, who stars in the new movie "The Finest Hours." "I thought myself out of so many things I could have done. Now, if a couple of things pop to me, if my internal speedometer is going in that direction, then I say, 'Yeah. Let's rock 'n' roll.'"