I still have anonymity, which is great. I can go out anywhere I want and no one ever recognizes me. Chris Pine More Quotes by Chris Pine More Quotes From Chris Pine For me growing up, Christmas time was always the most fantastic, exciting time of year, and you'd stay up until three in the morning. You'd hear the parents wrapping in the other room but you knew that also, maybe, they were in collusion with Santa Claus. Chris Pine growing-up christmas morning 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 it's conscious or not. Everyone's 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. Chris Pine dad mom kids 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 restaurants jobs people Ever since I saw sexy Beast I've been trying to get the cockney thing down. Chris Pine saws sexy trying My fans have designated themselves the, uh, 'Pine Nuts.' They're a nutty bunch. Chris Pine fans nuts bunch I think the most dangerous word in the English language is 'should.' 'I should have done this.' Or 'I should do that.' 'Should' implies responsibility. It connotes demand. Which is just not the case. Life ebbs and flows. Chris Pine responsibility should-have thinking I'm always surprised reading my old journals. There's this idea that life is hard now, but then I'll reach that moment where it'll change. But there's no summit. It's a constant climb. Chris Pine life-is-hard reading ideas Working together always works together better... it also appeals to a primal, animal thing, which is that humans are social creatures. Chris Pine working-together together I find it really hard to even read another script while shooting. Chris Pine hard shooting scripts [ The Finest Hours] reminded me a lot of a film I did called Unstoppable in that you have a driving thriller aspect of the film and it's not all that complicated of a story and there's a simple elegance to it. I liked that. It is also driven by a really strong romance and ordinary men doing extraordinary things. I love that. Chris Pine strong simple men Anybody who's gone through puberty has understood what it feels like to be an outcast and alone. Chris Pine outcast gone feels My touchstone is just fear and anxiety and I know a lot about those two awful emotions. Chris Pine anxiety awful two I talk to myself, especially in the car. Chris Pine car Work takes up a lot of my brain space. So when I work, it's one thing. I don't have a lot of time to think about dating. Chris Pine dating space thinking I work out because that's my job, but what I enjoy about it, beyond the vanity, is the Zen of it. I like getting out of my head, and one great way to do that is to sweat your face off. And to know that, if you're thinking of anything else, you're not working intensely enough. Chris Pine sweat jobs thinking 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 make nightlights. Chris Pine bed light kids Theatre is so much fun because you do theatre and you have a month of working it out on your own, and then a month of rehearsal, so by the time you get to stage I know where I'm failing and I know where I'm succeeding and your boundaries are pretty concrete. Chris Pine rehearsal theatre fun With film, oftentimes you work in a vacuum and then you get on a high wire and then you try it and then the day's over and that piece of film exists somewhere in a vault for 1000,000 years and that's it. Chris Pine wire trying years After many years of self-flagellation, I've realised that beating myself up doesn't get me anywhere. Chris Pine realised self years I think it's not fair to the uniqueness and wonderfulness of the individuals, that we can complement one another greatly, but we are not the source of each other's happiness, especially if you don't know who the hell you're talking to. Chris Pine hell talking thinking
