Chris Pine Quotes
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For me, work is one thing, and my life is another.
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You can be many miles away and press a button on a keyboard, and it can cause devastation.
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L.A.'s a pretty, warm, easy, breezy place. You can sunbathe, get a Mai Tai, and wake up five months later. And it's still sunny. And they're still serving Mai Tais.
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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.
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I talk to myself, especially in the car.
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After many years of self-flagellation, I've realised that beating myself up doesn't get me anywhere.
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'Star Trek' is about a bunch of disparate people and what they're capable of when they work together.
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I was sick of being articulate and loud and charming. I didn't want to play that guy anymore. I wanted to play the absolute opposite of that.
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It's really interesting that, in 'The Avengers,' the character that people relate to is The Hulk, and I think the reason why they relate to The Hulk is because he's fragile and human and faulty.
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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.
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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.
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Action films unfortunately don't let you spend a lot of time sitting. So you don't have much time to create something indelible or unique.
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I have no control over what people think, and if I were to spend energy on that, I would be a lifeless, deadened human being.
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My fans have designated themselves the, uh, 'Pine Nuts.' They're a nutty bunch.
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When you want something enough, it brings out primal emotions. You get into this place of 'must happen, must happen.'
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Lying does exist in crazy forms.
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I try to live joyfully and the by the rule of treating others how you'd want to be treated - that's a good one to stick by.
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Musical theater is great; you get painted up, you get to play princesses and witches, and you sing. The joy alone of that can really carry a lot.
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Uh, I do not wear a wig in 'Star Trek' like I did in 'Bottle Shock,' thank God. 'Bottle Shock' will be the last wig movie I ever do.
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I broke my finger in a stunt in a very not-too-romantic way. I was just trying to tackle someone, and I just flicked his forearm and then screamed in pain.
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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.
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I've sung in the shower for years.
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Film is just a different version of what we did round the campfire when we were Neanderthals. We tell stories so people can learn things and relativise things.
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Anytime you take on a character... you just have to find the parts of the character that you can understand.