Chris Pine Quotes
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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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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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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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The first audition I went out on was because my father was on an audition for a TV show called the 'Gilmore Girls,' and that kind of snowballed a lot of stuff in my life.
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I'm an actor, but I am an awful liar.
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Imagination is a pretty powerful thing, and when you're in the moment and you're riding a train and you're asked to look scared, I don't know, it just kind of works out. And in those moments where you're actually doing some of the stunts, then it's not so hard at all, because there's an actual fear there.
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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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My father calls acting 'a state of permanent retirement with short spurts of work.'
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I do enjoy doing action quite clearly, but I also really like doing comedy.
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I performed and sang at school but as a child it was never anything I was interested in doing professionally.
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I find it really hard to even read another script while shooting.
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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 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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The customer is not always right.
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There's something so naked about being on stage as a musician. I think about that even with standup comedy or something - like, 'This is it, this is what I got.'
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I find the ritual of shaving very relaxing, but for every day, it's pretty irritating on my skin, so I like having the definition a beard gives.
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Critics think we try to make bad films. They think we want to spend five months of our lives making something bad. We always go out with the best of intentions, whether it's fluffy comedy or a drama.
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I don't usually read self-help books, but I read a great book by a guy called Wayne Dyer: 'The Power of Intention,' which I loved.
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I'm not really sure what gay propaganda is.
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I do like dating cynics - they tend to be incredibly funny.
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Everybody's got family, or they don't have family, but they come from somewhere.
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I love architecture.
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Sometimes I think I need to get crazy. Go to Vegas.
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If you had no real training, if you hadn't spent years and years studying a martial art, how would you kill the bad guy?