Some people get off on friction and the yelling and the [ idea that ] creating has to be this sort of chaotic, angry, aggressive thing. That is where I, basically, completely shut down, i like to basically experience as much joy as humanly possible, even in the dark stuff.

Chris Pine

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I took part in a theatre festival in Massachusetts two summers after I graduated from college. Then I was in Los Angeles thinking: "I'm going to go to New York." I'd decided that I would not have a chance of a film career, so I was about to make the move. I bought a plane ticket and found a place to live in New York, packed my bags and of course the universe "told me" that I was not meant to go. Suddenly, a week before I was supposed to leave, I had three job offers and one of them was my first movie.

new-york summer jobs

My nipples could cut glass. by Chris Pine

My nipples could cut glass.

nipples cutting glasses

Maybe the realisation of the full human potential is the utopian thing. Maybe that is our collective struggle, is to find a way to get there. But right now it seems like we're duplicating what was written in the Bible, a millennium ago, which is "An eye for an eye." Revenge policy; "If you hit me, we'll hit you back worse"; ad infinitum.

eye revenge struggle

We tell each other stories so we can understand the world better and there's catharsis and we understand the models of what a hero could be and what the hero's journey as a human being is all about. But unfortunately, I think sometimes those stories too can be very prohibitive and confining.

journey hero thinking

I don't actually drive trains. I'm an actor. by Chris Pine

I don't actually drive trains. I'm an actor.

It feels great to not be the acne-ridden outsider that I felt like when I was in high school. It's a lot more fun being alive now than it was then, I'll say that much.

alive fun school

When I got the job I thought about her a lot. Not only was I getting a great job in a really good movie, but it was with Lindsay Lohan. She's so famous and I don't have any of that, I have never experienced that kind of intense scrutiny that she's under, so of course I wondered what it would be like acting opposite her. I can tell you that it's like being with The Beatles. You cannot fathom the kind of attention she gets. It's mind boogling.

good-movie opposites jobs

Growing up in a family of actors, what's great about it is that they're very supportive and they understand what it's like to be an actor - the rejections, the highs and lows... and having a common language with them is great because you have shorthand speech.

rejection supportive growing-up

Everything is just make believe. They're just different versions of make believe. I love the period of this movie [The Finest Hours]. I love the '40s. I love the '50s. I love the style of the clothes. I love how the women looked. I love the dances. I love the music. I love the amber of the lights and the cars. I'm in love with all of it.

clothes light believe

I'm certainly not the lead of the film 'Wonder Woman' and I don't... by Chris Pine

I'm certainly not the lead of the film 'Wonder Woman' and I don't have a problem with that.

wonder-woman problem wonder

I definitely have a spiritual outlook. 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. I'm not a religious guy, in fact I'm probably agnostic but I thought what this writer had to say was really powerful.

powerful religious spiritual

In adolescence, it's 'How do I fit in?' In your 20s, 'What do I want to do?' 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 gray area; being okay with where you are. If you can find the parity between 'Where am I going?' and 'What's my purpose?' you've got two pretty solid pillars for your coffee table.

coffee two thinking

When you want something enough, it brings out primal emotions. You get into this place of 'must happen, must happen.'

want-something emotion enough

I think that when you let go and "throw it all away" and stop getting attached and say "whatever happens, happens", you don't invest too much in anything particular, and things work out.

work-out letting-go thinking

When I was 18 I was an emotional wreck and I couldn't imagine hav... by Chris Pine

When I was 18 I was an emotional wreck and I couldn't imagine having to deal with some kind of fame.

wrecks emotional kind

Even now, I'm better around people who are uncomfortable with the... by Chris Pine

Even now, I'm better around people who are uncomfortable with themselves, the misfits.

misfits uncomfortable people

Ignore the naysayers. Really the only option is, head down and fo... by Chris Pine

Ignore the naysayers. Really the only option is, head down and focus on the job.

focus success jobs

I think the first thing that I saw on IMAX was 'The Avengers.' The scope and the size of it are pretty neat, I will say that.

size firsts thinking

No one can survive on their own. Thinking you can is ridiculous, especially going into the middle half of the 21st century. To think you can do it alone is just ridiculous.

ridiculous half thinking

Life is a beautiful thing. But you're always striving to be better in your art, striving to be heard. And obviously in a movie business, it's striving to be noticed and appreciated.

appreciated beautiful art