Chris Pine Quotes
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I do enjoy doing action quite clearly, but I also really like doing comedy.
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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 find it really hard to even read another script while shooting.
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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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I performed and sang at school but as a child it was never anything I was interested in doing professionally.
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My father calls acting 'a state of permanent retirement with short spurts of work.'
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I like a deep sports massage - a casual beating up. I try to get them whenever I can, usually more if I'm getting in shape for a role.
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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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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'm an actor, but I am an awful liar.
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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 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 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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I love architecture.
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I do like dating cynics - they tend to be incredibly funny.
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Sometimes I think I need to get crazy. Go to Vegas.
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Not a fan of spiders. I saw the movie 'Arachnophobia,' which was single-handedly rated in the top three worst choices of my life.
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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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The customer is not always right.
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I'm not really sure what gay propaganda is.
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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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Everybody's got family, or they don't have family, but they come from somewhere.
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I really like the ritual of shaving. I like getting the perfect brush and finding the right sandalwood soap. The act of shaving, though, is not fun. I like beards and the ease of them.