Chris Pine
I've sung in the shower for years.
I was never much of a musical theater guy, but I have so much more respect for the art form, the physical exertion of doing eight shows on Broadway a week, I cannot even fathom it.
My father calls acting 'a state of permanent retirement with short spurts of work.'
I don't think there's anything better than talk therapy.
With Facebook and Twitter, everyone wants to publicize their innermost truths.
I like to listen to French radio; I'm trying to learn French.
The authentic experience, where is that? Living the moment. That is something that we're losing.
I have such awful skin; it doesn't matter what magic serum they think they're putting on - I'll usually break out.
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.
You can be many miles away and press a button on a keyboard, and it can cause devastation.
I'm not really sure what gay propaganda is.
The customer is not always right.
I've seen what can happen to an actor when he's just working for the sake of working. All of a sudden it's ten years later, your career's happened, and you haven't had any control.
I still assume that, any day, I'm going to be exposed as a fraud. That, like I once heard Gene Hackman say, the acting police are going to burst in and take away my card.
In high school, I once sang 'Let's Get It On' and 'Brown Sugar' with a band that included my English teacher and my math teacher.
My go-to line when it's the resume game is that I'm either Chris Evans or Ryan Reynolds.
There's certainly the ego-based me that is very competitive.
Look at the movies of the sixties and seventies. They were making a different kind of movie then. Would 'Network' ever be made now? No. Would 'Kramer vs. Kramer' ever be made now? No. Would 'Tootsie' ever be made now? Probably not. Robert Altman films? Never.
What kind of woman am I attracted to? Really? Can I just say I like what most human beings want?
When I'm kissing someone, I don't want to feel as though I'm rubbing off all the makeup that's on their face or messing things around. I think natural is better.
I think the great thing about the Jack Ryan films is that the plot and the story always take center stage. If you've done your job as the actor portraying Jack Ryan, you are present enough to make an impact, but you let the story shine.
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.
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.
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.
I'm enjoying the aging process and the gray hair and the wrinkles.
There are going to be good times and bad times, but lighten up.
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.
The mythic journey is always about selflessness.
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 have big pecs and great skin and the perfect eyes. And it's unfortunate, because kids are growing up with body image dysmorphia because not everyone is represented on the screen.
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.
There have been, like, three auditions in my life where I feel like I'm in a 'Saturday Night Live' skit.
You either listen to the naysayers and fall into the pit of self-loathing, or you stay on the path and move forward.
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.
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.
'Star Trek' scared me a lot more than 'White Jazz.' It terrified me, really. Because of the scale, the responsibility, the fact that it was this iconic character. It was the bigger challenge, so I had to take it.
After many years of self-flagellation, I've realised that beating myself up doesn't get me anywhere.
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.
I was a shy kid, a late bloomer. At 22, I was probably 16 emotionally.
One thing that I do find really sexy is a girl who's good at crossword puzzles.
I had a job at this French restaurant, and I hated it. I don't like serving; I don't like getting people ketchup.
I really like the ritual of shaving. I like getting the perfect brush and finding the right sandalwood soap. The act of shaving, though, is not fun. I like beards and the ease of them.
Women think that men don't talk about their feelings with guys. We do talk to friends about relationships, but it's succinct - 10 minutes, then we move on.
I find the ritual of shaving very relaxing, but for every day, it's pretty irritating on my skin, so I like having the definition a beard gives.
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.
I talk to myself, especially in the car.
I performed and sang at school but as a child it was never anything I was interested in doing professionally.
Generally speaking, the more money that's involved in anything, the more people are expecting and hoping that it's not going to fail.
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.
Whether you're scared of getting into a relationship; or taking the new job; or a confrontation - you have to size fear up.