Quotes by Chris Pine

I have learned that when you make big decisions, life says, Fuck you. This is what you actually have in store.

I like a deep sports massage - a casual beating up. I try to get them whenever I can, usually more if Im getting in shape for a role.

Work takes up a lot of my brain space. So when I work, its one thing. I dont have a lot of time to think about dating.

For me growing up, Christmas time was always the most fantastic, exciting time of year, and youd stay up until three in the morning. Youd hear the parents wrapping in the other room but you knew that also, maybe, they were in collusion with Santa Claus.

In high school, I once sang Lets Get It On and Brown Sugar with a band that included my English teacher and my math teacher.

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

I love architecture.

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.

There are going to be good times and bad times, but lighten up.

Fear runs our lives. It doesnt matter who you are. You have to understand your relationship with fear. Whether youre scared of getting into a relationship or taking the new job or a confrontation - you have to size fear up.

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

I feel prematurely old. Im actually having this major belated quarter-life crisis. Im turning 30 in a couple of weeks. Ive been thinking a lot about mortality. A lot about what Im going to do with my life and how to enjoy it. One of the things Im going to work on is being more spontaneous, letting go, embracing the beauty of come-what-may.

Imagination is a pretty powerful thing, and when youre in the moment and youre riding a train and youre asked to look scared, I dont know, it just kind of works out. And in those moments where youre actually doing some of the stunts, then its not so hard at all, because theres an actual fear there.

We come from fallible parents who were kids once, who decided to have kids and who had to learn how to be parents. Faults are made and damage is done, whether its conscious or not. Everyones got their own stuff, their own issues, and their own anger at Mom and Dad. That is what family is. Family is almost naturally dysfunctional.

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.

I enjoy dating. I love first dates. I think theyre incredibly fascinating studies in human psychology. When you sit down across from someone on a first date and things are going alright, you talk objectives. We want to win each other over, so how do you win someone over? You have to put the best foot forward.

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

I talk to myself, especially in the car.

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. Im just in love with the cars. Im in love with all of it.

For me, fragrances are very - one of these beautiful art forms that bring about a whole host of things. Its what you want to smell like, its memories that make you smile or are resonant of times in your life, it can remind you of music. If youre a lover of scent, its a very kind of particular and evocative thing.