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.

The more you are positive and say: "I want to have a good life." The more you build that reality for yourself; by creating the life that you want.

It's the fear of not being as good as you want to be. If you give over to that fear, it will sabotage you. As much as I can, I try to use that fear to guide me.

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.

I think it's a very healthy thing to learn from what's happened in the past. But only if you look at what happened and think, 'How could I have dealt with that differently?' Then let it go.

I do like dating cynics - they tend to be incredibly funny.

Dating someone on the opposite end of the happy spectrum teaches you an incredible amount of patience.

I'm more cerebral than I want to be.

One thing that I do find really sexy is a girl who's good at crossword puzzles.

I was a shy kid, a late bloomer. At 22, I was probably 16 emotionally.

My nipples could cut glass.

Not a fan of spiders. I saw the movie 'Arachnophobia' which was single-handedly rated in the top three worst choices of my life.

I'm so envious of that genetic wiring that immediately puts a smile on your face. My genetic wiring just puts creases in my eyebrows.

Fear runs our lives a lot of the time. You can face it head-on, or you can hide in your bunker.

No matter how bad the individual, everybody has reasons for why they do what they do.

I don't actually drive trains. I'm an actor.

I'm certainly not the lead of the film 'Wonder Woman' and I don't have a problem with that.

Whether you're scared of getting into a relationship; or taking the new job; or a confrontation - you have to size fear up.

It feels great to not be the acne-ridden outsider that I felt like when I was in high school. It's a lot more fun being alive now than it was then, I'll say that much.

My brain's not sharp enough to come up with a witty comment.

Ignore the naysayers. Really the only option is, head down and focus on the job.

I think the first thing that I saw on IMAX was 'The Avengers.' The scope and the size of it are pretty neat, I will say that.

When you want something enough, it brings out primal emotions. You get into this place of 'must happen, must happen.'

My fans have designated themselves the, uh, 'Pine Nuts.' They're a nutty bunch.

Even now, I'm better around people who are uncomfortable with themselves, the misfits.

Ever since I saw sexy Beast I've been trying to get the cockney thing down.

I think that when you let go and "throw it all away" and stop getting attached and say "whatever happens, happens", you don't invest too much in anything particular, and things work out.

No one can survive on their own. Thinking you can is ridiculous, especially going into the middle half of the 21st century. To think you can do it alone is just ridiculous.

I had a job at this French restaurant, and I hated it. I don't like serving; I don't like getting people ketchup.

I'm always surprised reading my old journals. There's this idea that life is hard now, but then I'll reach that moment where it'll change. But there's no summit. It's a constant climb.

When I was 18 I was an emotional wreck and I couldn't imagine having to deal with some kind of fame.

Life is a beautiful thing. But you're always striving to be better in your art, striving to be heard. And obviously in a movie business, it's striving to be noticed and appreciated.

I talk to myself, especially in the car.

The customer is not always right.

Working together always works together better... it also appeals to a primal, animal thing, which is that humans are social creatures.

It's a fun thing for journalists to say that Captain Kirk is the boyfriend role. I'm happy to give a laugh. But it's a really complex story.

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.

I don't know any kid that's not afraid at some point going to bed with the lights off, totally. That's why they make nightlights.

Anybody who's gone through puberty has understood what it feels like to be an outcast and alone.

I still have anonymity, which is great. I can go out anywhere I want and no one ever recognizes me.

After many years of self-flagellation, I've realised that beating myself up doesn't get me anywhere.

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.

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.

I don't need to worry about that, that's always there on a slow simmer. The muscle I have to work on is being more present.

It opens Wednesday or Friday.

I find it really hard to even read another script while shooting.

As an actor it's easy to be so self-critical, saying to yourself: "Am I good enough? Am I good looking enough? Am I smart enough?" Yet here I am, so I'm lucky.

Generally speaking, the more money that's involved in anything, the more people are expecting and hoping that it's not going to fail.

I performed and sang at school but as a child it was never anything I was interested in doing professionally.

My touchstone is just fear and anxiety and I know a lot about those two awful emotions.