Entertainment Movies Chris Evans Says He's 'Laser-Focused on Finding a Partner' to Spend His Life With Chris Evans opened up about his love life in an interview with Shondaland By Tommy McArdle Tommy McArdle Tommy McArdle is an editorial assistant on the Movies team at PEOPLE. Tommy joined PEOPLE in 2022. People Editorial Guidelines Published on July 18, 2022 12:09PM EDT Chris Evans is looking for love. On Friday, the 41-year-old actor, who stars in the new Netflix movie The Gray Man alongside Ana de Armas and Ryan Gosling, said in an interview with Shondaland that he is interested in finding a life partner when asked about a real-life situation he's been "laser-focused" on. Who Is Chris Evans' Girlfriend? All About Alba Baptista Chris Evans. Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP/Shutterstock "You know what, we're gonna do this," Evans said, after he appeared to take a moment to think about what he wanted to say. De Armas, who joined him for the interview, even reminded him to think about something he is "laser-focused" on. "We're gonna get — I'm going to give you a good answer," said Evans. "The answer would be that maybe [I'm] laser-focused on finding a partner, you know, someone that you want to live — look, I love what I do, it's great, I pour all of myself into it, but — even this industry is full of pockets of doubt, hesitation, and recalibration," Evans told Shondaland in the interview. Shondaland Digital Twitter "In terms of really trying to find something that you really pour all of yourself into, maybe it's about trying to find someone that you're looking to spend your life with," the former Captain America actor added. "So maybe that." Chris Evans Responds to Speculation He'll Return to Marvel Role: 'Sam Wilson Is Captain America' Evans was last romantically linked to actress and comedian Jenny Slate, who he was in an on-again, off-again relationship with from 2016 until 2018. The former couple met on the set of their drama Gifted in 2016, where sources told PEOPLE at the time that their connection was undeniable. In The Gray Man, directed by Evans' former Marvel Cinematic Universe directors Joe and Anthony Russo, Evans plays villain Lloyd Hansen, who seeks to hunt down his former colleague, Gosling's Court Gentry, a.ka. Sierra Six. Chris Evans and Ryan Gosling Raise $276,000 for Pediatric Cancer Patients Through Fundraiser "It's hard to find somebody at Chris Evans' level to step into a villain," Joe Russo, 50, told Entertainment Weekly in May. "It's why you traditionally don't get a Ryan Gosling versus Chris Evans movie. But he's at a point where [playing the villain] is more entertaining to him than playing a hero, so we're able to get two giant movie stars that face off against each other." The Gray Man premiered July 15 in theaters and premieres on Netflix July 22. Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.