234 Quotes by Chris Pine

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.

Whether you're scared of getting into a relationship; or taking the new job; or a confrontation - you have to size fear up.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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 love the stories that have come before, that we know of. I think for me it's always more interesting to start from square one and you take the fundamental pillars of the character and, around that, try to create something new and different.