My father calls acting 'a state of permanent retirement with short spurts of work.' — Chris Pine Acting Copy Share Image
I'm certainly not the lead of the film 'Wonder Woman' and I don't have a problem with that. — Chris Pine Copy Share Image
I've worked very hard. I just haven't been in the right place at the right time. So, hopefully, I'm doing something right. — Chris Pine Doing right Copy Share Image
After many years of self-flagellation, I've realised that beating myself up doesn't get me anywhere. — Chris Pine Copy Share Image
When you feel like an oddball, it never really leaves you. Even now, I'm better around people who are uncomfortable with themselves… — Chris Pine Copy Share Image
No matter how bad the individual, everybody has reasons for why they do what they do. — Chris Pine Copy Share Image
I believe in luck and fate and I believe in karma, that the energy you put out in the world comes back… — Chris Pine Copy Share Image
Everybody's got family, or they don't have family, but they come from somewhere. — Chris Pine Copy Share Image
I think that when you let go and "throw it all away" and stop getting attached and say "whatever happens, happens", you… — Chris Pine Copy Share Image
We tell each other stories so we can understand the world better and there's catharsis and we understand the models of what… — Chris Pine Catharsis Copy Share Image
It feels great to not be the acne-ridden outsider that I felt like when I was in high school. It's a lot… — Chris Pine Copy Share Image
For me growing up, Christmas time was always the most fantastic, exciting time of year, and you'd stay up until three in… — Chris Pine Christmas Copy Share Image
I was never much of a musical theater guy, but I have so much more respect for the art form, the physical… — Chris Pine Actor Copy Share Image
The mass audience doesn't want to see you if you aren't perfect. If you don't look a certain way, if you don't… — Chris Pine Audience Copy Share Image
'Horrible Bosses' is just blatant, outright fun. I've read some of what the critics have said, and it's incredible how mean critics… — Chris Pine Copy Share Image
Mediocrity scares me. It's the fear of not being as good as you want to be. If you give over to that… — Chris Pine Being Copy Share Image
My touchstone is just fear and anxiety and I know a lot about those two awful emotions. — Chris Pine Anxiety Copy Share Image
A lot of tragedy can befall us, but there's always something else; there's always hope. — Chris Pine Copy Share Image
My nana was an actress, my mom was an actress, and my sister, too. So because I was surrounded by it, it… — Chris Pine Actor Copy Share Image
When I was 18 I was an emotional wreck and I couldn't imagine having to deal with some kind of fame. — Chris Pine Copy Share Image
I have no control over what people think, and if I were to spend energy on that, I would be a lifeless,… — Chris Pine Being Copy Share Image
I don't know any kid that's not afraid at some point going to bed with the lights off, totally. That's why they… — Chris Pine Copy Share Image
Anybody who's gone through puberty has understood what it feels like to be an outcast and alone. — Chris Pine Copy Share Image
Captain Kirk will always be William Shatner, and William Shatner will always be Captain Kirk. — Chris Pine Copy Share Image
Uh, I do not wear a wig in 'Star Trek' like I did in 'Bottle Shock,' thank God. 'Bottle Shock' will be… — Chris Pine Copy Share Image
I broke my finger in a stunt in a very not-too-romantic way. I was just trying to tackle someone, and I just… — Chris Pine Copy Share Image
I cry all the time - at work, at the shrink's, with my lady. 'The Notebook' killed me. 'Up' destroyed me. — Chris Pine Cry Copy Share Image
Women think that men don't talk about their feelings with guys. We do talk to friends about relationships, but it's succinct -… — Chris Pine Feelings Copy Share Image
“I have learned that when you make big decisions, life says, 'Fuck you. This is what you actually have in store.” — Chris Pine Big decisions Copy Share Image
I had a job at this French restaurant, and I hated it. I don't like serving; I don't like getting people ketchup. — Chris Pine Food Copy Share Image
Fear runs our lives a lot of the time. You can face it head-on, or you can hide in your bunker. — Chris Pine Bunker Copy Share Image
The only thing you sometimes have control over is perspective. You don't have control over your situation. But you have a choice… — Chris Pine Choices Copy Share Image
Any actor wants to do interesting roles, different roles. It's not all that much fun to do the same thing over and… — Chris Pine Actor Copy Share Image
What kind of woman am I attracted to? Really? Can I just say I like what most human beings want? — Chris Pine Copy Share Image
I don't usually read self-help books, but I read a great book by a guy called Wayne Dyer: 'The Power of Intention,'… — Chris Pine Book Copy Share Image
Ignore the naysayers. Really the only option is, head down and focus on the job. — Chris Pine Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, you have a job to do, and if you don't do your job, you're going to… — Chris Pine Day Copy Share Image
As an actor, it is easy to be so self-critical, saying to yourself, 'Am I good enough? Am I good looking enough?… — Chris Pine Actor Copy Share Image
With film, oftentimes you work in a vacuum and then you get on a high wire and then you try it and… — Chris Pine Cinema Copy Share Image
I never really thought about myself being in really big movies at all. In fact, I always though I'd do, I don't… — Chris Pine Copy Share Image
