After many years of self-flagellation, I've realised that beating myself up doesn't get me anywhere. Chris Pine More Quotes by Chris Pine More Quotes From Chris Pine The only thing you sometimes have control over is perspective. You don't have control over your situation. But you have a choice about how you view it. Chris Pine viewsmondaymorning I am critical of myself like everyone else. You go to a movie theater and you are forty feet high. I had bad skin as a teenager and I am a shy person, but I think I am in the perfect business to fight my insecurities. You have to learn to love yourself and say 'I am pretty cool' instead of being so critical. You can easily fall into the trap of doing that. Chris Pine teenagerlove-youfall 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. Chris Pine good-lifecreatingreality I believe in luck and fate and I believe in karma, that the energy you put out in the world comes back to meet you. Chris Pine karmafatebelieve It's the fear of not being as good as you want to be. If you give over to that fear, it will sabotage you. As much as I can, I try to use that fear to guide me. Chris Pine usetryinggiving I think it's a very healthy thing to learn from what's happened in the past. But only if you look at what happened and think, 'How could I have dealt with that differently?' Then let it go. Chris Pine healthypastthinking I do like dating cynics - they tend to be incredibly funny. Chris Pine dating Fear runs our lives a lot of the time. You can face it head-on, or you can hide in your bunker. Chris Pine bunkersfacesrunning It's not always the case that things will fall into your lap or that life will be great, but it's all about perspective and having a positive outlook. If something goes wrong you say: "That happened for a reason, what can I learn from that and how can I grow?" Chris Pine lapperspectivefall Not a fan of spiders. I saw the movie 'Arachnophobia' which was single-handedly rated in the top three worst choices of my life. Chris Pine sawsfanschoices No matter how bad the individual, everybody has reasons for why they do what they do. Chris Pine individualmatterreason I'm more cerebral than I want to be. Chris Pine cerebralwant My brain's not sharp enough to come up with a witty comment. Chris Pine enoughbrainwitty I feel prematurely old. I'm actually having this major belated quarter-life crisis. I'm turning 30 in a couple of weeks. I've been thinking a lot about mortality. A lot about what I'm going to do with my life and how to enjoy it. One of the things I'm going to work on is being more spontaneous, letting go, embracing the beauty of come-what-may. Chris Pine coupleletting-gothinking I think the desire to be with someone beautiful...I just had such a different experience growing up. To be in a position where you're lauded for things that you don't own - and don't think of yourself as - it's so bizarre. Chris Pine growing-upbeautifulthinking Dating someone on the opposite end of the happy spectrum teaches you an incredible amount of patience. Chris Pine dating-someoneincrediblesopposites I'm so envious of that genetic wiring that immediately puts a smile on your face. My genetic wiring just puts creases in my eyebrows. Chris Pine enviouseyebrowsfaces Whether you're scared of getting into a relationship; or taking the new job; or a confrontation - you have to size fear up. Chris Pine new-jobsizejobs One thing that I do find really sexy is a girl who's good at crossword puzzles. Chris Pine crosswordssexygirl I was a shy kid, a late bloomer. At 22, I was probably 16 emotionally. Chris Pine lateshykids
