Chris Pine quotes

The only thing you sometimes have control over is perspective. You don't have control over your situation. But you have a choice about how you view it. (Chris Pine)
I feel prematurely old. I'm actually having this major belated quarter-life crisis. I'm turning 30 in a couple of weeks. I've been thinking a lot about mortality. A lot about what I'm going to do with my life and how to enjoy it. One of the things I'm going to work on is being more spontaneous, letting go, embracing the beauty of come-what-may. View quote
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I talk to myself, especially in the car. View quote
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As an actor, it easy to be so self-critical, saying to yourself, 'Am I good enough? Am I good looking enough? Am I smart enough?' View quote
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I believe in luck and fate and I believe in karma, that the energy you put out in the world comes back to meet you. View quote
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No matter how bad the individual, everybody has reasons for why they do what they do. View quote
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I do like dating cynics - they tend to be incredibly funny. View quote
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I think the most dangerous word in the English language is 'should.' 'I should have done this.' Or 'I should do that.' 'Should' implies responsibility. It connotes demand. Which is just not the case. Life ebbs and flows. View quote
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I had a job at this French restaurant, and I hated it. I don't like serving; I don't like getting people ketchup. View quote
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The customer is not always right. View quote
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I was a shy kid, a late bloomer. At 22, I was probably 16 emotionally. (Chris Pine)
Whether you're scared of getting into a relationship; or taking the new job; or a confrontation - you have to size fear up. View quote
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Dating someone on the opposite end of the happy spectrum teaches you an incredible amount of patience. View quote
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For me growing up, Christmas time was always the most fantastic, exciting time of year, and you'd stay up until three in the morning. You'd hear the parents wrapping in the other room but you knew that also, maybe, they were in collusion with Santa Claus. View quote
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Growing up in a family of actors, what's great about it is that they're very supportive and they understand what it's like to be an actor - the rejections, the highs and lows... and having a common language with them is great because you have shorthand speech. View quote
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Work takes up a lot of my brain space. So when I work, it's one thing. I don't have a lot of time to think about dating. View quote
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After many years of self-flagellation, I've realised that beating myself up doesn't get me anywhere. View quote
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I performed and sang at school but as a child it was never anything I was interested in doing professionally. View quote
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Generally speaking, the more money that's involved in anything, the more people are expecting and hoping that it's not going to fail. View quote
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I find it really hard to even read another script while shooting. View quote
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My nana was an actress, my mom was an actress, and my sister, too. So because I was surrounded by it, it really came naturally. (Chris Pine)
My grandmother was an actress too. In the thirties and forties she was under contract with Universal Studios. Crazy credits, lots of them. My dad was also under contract with Universal Studios. And my first film was shot on the same stage they both worked on at Universal. View quote
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Women think that men don't talk about their feelings with guys. We do talk to friends about relationships, but it's succinct - 10 minutes, then we move on. View quote
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I grew up in a house where my father went on auditions, and he got some and he lost some, and there were good years and lean years. I didn't expect anything from the business, and that's often a danger in Hollywood, the notion that if you're pretty and have white teeth and just show up for the game then you'll win. View quote
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The great thing about theater is that you have so much time to prepare, and to fail, before presenting it to the public. In film, the high-wire act seems to be that much farther up, and the net seems to be less there. View quote
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