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

— Chris Pine

Fear runs our lives. It doesn't matter who you are. You have to understand your relationship with fear. Whether you're scared of getting into a relationship or taking the new job or a confrontation - you have to size fear up.

— Chris Pine

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

For me growing up, Christmastime 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.

— Chris Pine

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

— Chris Pine

I enjoy dating. I love first dates. Furthermore, 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 feel prematurely old. I'm actually having this major belated quarter-life crisis. Furthermore, I'm turning 30 in a couple of weeks. Furthermore, 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.

— 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

I have learned that when you make big decisions, life says, 'Fuck you. This is what you actually have in store.

— Chris Pine

I like a deep sports massage - a casual beating up. I try to get them whenever I can, usually more if I'm getting in shape for a role.

— Chris Pine