Chris Pine Quotes
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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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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 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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I have such awful skin; it doesn't matter what magic serum they think they're putting on - I'll usually break out.
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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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I cry all the time - at work, at the shrink's, with my lady. 'The Notebook' killed me. 'Up' destroyed me.
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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?'
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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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When I was a younger actor, I was pretty much solely motivated by validation. I just wanted to be told I was good and handsome and a part of the gang. It was pretty simple animal-social stuff. I don't care as much about those things anymore.
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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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When you want something enough, it brings out primal emotions. You get into this place of 'must happen, must happen.'
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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 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.
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I love the '40s. I love the '50s. I love the style, I love the clothes. I love how the women looked. I love the dances. I love the music. I love the amber of the light. I'm just in love with the cars. I'm in love with all of it.
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On red carpets, as people throw questions at you, you try and answer as quickly as possible.
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Anytime you take on a character... you just have to find the parts of the character that you can understand.
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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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I think the great thing about the Jack Ryan films is that the plot and the story always take center stage. If you've done your job as the actor portraying Jack Ryan, you are present enough to make an impact, but you let the story shine.
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I'm in that lucky percentile where I can worry about how I want to shape my career. That's a wonderful place to be.
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There's some beautiful filmmaking on television. I'm getting a lot of my artistic sustenance from what's happening there.
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I find it really hard to even read another script while shooting.
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Sometimes I think I need to get crazy. Go to Vegas.
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Life flies by, and it's easy to get lost in the blur. In adolescence, it's 'How do I fit in?' In your 20s, it's 'What do I want to do?' In your 30s, 'Is this what I'm meant to do?' I think the trick is living the questions. Not worrying so much about what's ahead but rather sitting in the grey area - being OK with where you are.
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Hollywood is like living in a weird bubble. A bunch of people take care of you and get you stuff, and you're the center of that little microcosmic world. You start believing that it is real and... you deserve it.