Quotes from Chris Pine

What am I going to tweet about? My sneakers?

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.

Usually, I like stuff kind of fitted, but I'm getting more and more into this comfort, this melding of comfort and style rather than looking like you've tried to shove yourself into some sort of sausage casing.

More than anything, what we do as actors is to sit and watch, and I would never want to get so lost in the celebrity bubble I couldn't do that because my feet no longer touch the ground.

I'm very familiar with Tyler Perry.

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 have no control over what people think, and if I were to spend energy on that, I would be a lifeless, deadened human being.

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.

The mythic journey is always about selflessness.

When you feel like an oddball, it never really leaves you. Even now, I'm better around people who are uncomfortable with themselves - the misfits.

I'm sensitive, and I don't ever want to make anyone feel uncomfortable.

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.

Action films unfortunately don't let you spend a lot of time sitting. So you don't have much time to create something indelible or unique.

I love the spy genre.

There's something so naked about being on stage as a musician. I think about that even with standup comedy or something - like, 'This is it, this is what I got.'

I think we just live in a time of the selfie. So there's a sense that everyone's uniqueness and importance on this planet should be displayed and reveled in, and that there's kind of a piece of glory for everyone.

I don't have any interest in filmmakers making statements just for the sake of being provocative.

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

I cry all the time - at work, at the shrink's, with my lady. 'The Notebook' killed me. 'Up' destroyed me.

There are going to be good times and bad times, but lighten up.

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.

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.

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.

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