Chris Pine Quotes

Author Image

Chris Pine

Profession : Actor

Birth : August 26, 1980

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

Chris Pine

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

Uh, I do not wear a wig in 'Star Trek' like I did in 'Bottle Shock,' thank God. 'Bottle Shock' will be the last wig movie I ever do.

Chris Pine

I have a romantic vision of the beautiful delineation between TV and film that existed for so many years. I romanticize the studio system and movie stars as a whole, but obviously that's just anachronistic and probably a non-reality.

Chris Pine

My father has been an actor since 1964. Things were tight a lot of the times, financially. It wasn't like a big romantic adventure.

Chris Pine

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

Chris Pine

My grandmother was an actress too. In the thirties and forties she was under contract with Universal Studios. Crazy credits, lots of them. My dad was also under contract with Universal Studios. And my first film was shot on the same stage they both worked on at Universal.

Chris Pine

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

I enjoy dating. I love first dates. I think they're 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.

Chris Pine

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

Chris Pine

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

Chris Pine

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

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

Life flies by, and it's easy to get lost in the blur. In adolescence, it's 'How do I fit in?' In your 20s, it's 'What do I want to do?' In 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 grey area - being OK with where you are.

Chris Pine

I'm enjoying the aging process and the gray hair and the wrinkles.

Chris Pine

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

You either listen to the naysayers and fall into the pit of self-loathing, or you stay on the path and move forward.

Chris Pine

Mediocrity scares me. 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

I like kind of natural, woodsy earth tones. I like patchouli. I like tobacco. I like sandalwood. I like tree resin. I'm not a huge fan of citrus - I like things that are kind of moodier and... more deeper base notes.

Chris Pine

I like a fragrance that you notice and want to find out more about - get a bit closer. I don't want to walk in and be jolted awake by someone's smell.

Chris Pine